The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Salem has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Salem a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Salem does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Salem, just 8.65% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Salem in 2022 was $25,185, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,740 for a family of four. However, Salem contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Salem home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Salem residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Salem include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Salem is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
