Salem vs Stonewood

A side-by-side comparison of Salem and Stonewood: population, income, housing, and more.

Salem and Stonewood are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Stonewood has the higher population (2,273 vs 1,812 in Salem). Stonewood has the higher median household income ($44,967 vs $43,690 in Salem). Stonewood has the higher median home value ($149,400 vs $77,200 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Salem	Stonewood
Population	1,812	2,273
Median age	32.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,690	$44,967
Median home value	$77,200	$149,400
Median gross rent	$570	$929
Housing units	796	988
Homeownership rate	71.2%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salem	Stonewood
Population	1,714 → 1,812 (+5.7%)	1,978 → 2,273 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$40,707 → $43,690 (+7.3%)	$45,717 → $44,967 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $77,200 (+14.2%)	$102,100 → $149,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $570 (-13.5%)	$959 → $929 (-3.1%)

Salem

Population

1,7141,812

Median household income

$40,707$43,690

Median home value

$67,600$77,200

Median gross rent

$659$570

Stonewood

Population

1,9782,273

Median household income

$45,717$44,967

Median home value

$102,100$149,400

Median gross rent

$959$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salem	Stonewood
Under 5	2.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	23.0%
18 to 24	21.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.3%
75 and over	6.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salem	Stonewood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	86.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salem	Stonewood
No high school diploma	11.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	47.1%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salem	Stonewood
Drove alone	78.9%	89.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	1.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	11.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salem	Stonewood
1-unit, detached	70.5%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	9.4%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Salem	Stonewood
Poverty rate	16.6%	8.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1949	1959