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Population in July 2007: 5,903. Population change since 2000: +29.8%
Males: 2,985  (50.6%)
Females: 2,918  (49.4%)
Median resident age:  24.2 years
Utah median age:  27.1 years

Zip codes: 84653.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $68,700 (it was $54,812 in 2000)
Salem  $68,700
Utah:  $55,109

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $243,000 (it was $158,600 in 2000)
Salem  $243,000
Utah:  $218,700

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Races in Salem:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.0%)
  • Hispanic (2.8%)
  • Other race (1.4%)
  • Two or more races (1.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Salem: 89.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: English (38.1%), German (11.5%), Danish (10.3%), United States (8.5%), Swedish (6.3%), Irish (4.9%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Incorporated in 1886

Elevation: 4600 feet

Land area: 5.30 square miles.

Population density: 1114 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Salem

  • High school or higher: 91.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 8.4%
  • Unemployed: 3.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Salem city

  • Never married: 24.8%
  • Now married: 67.0%
  • Separated: 0.4%
  • Widowed: 3.6%
  • Divorced: 4.2%

99 residents are foreign born (1.0% Latin America, 0.5% North America, 0.4% Europe, 0.2% Asia).

This city:  2.3%
Utah:  7.1%



According to our research there were 5 registered sex offenders living in Salem, Utah in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Salem to the number of sex offenders is 1181 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is near the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Salem:  0.5% ($791)
Utah:  0.7% ($956)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Provo, UT (13.4 miles , pop. 105,166).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Las Vegas, NV (361.4 miles , pop. 478,434).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (451.9 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Elk Ridge, UT (2.5 miles ), Woodland Hills, UT (2.9 miles ), Payson, UT (4.3 miles ), Spanish Fork, UT (4.3 miles ), Benjamin, UT (4.5 miles ), Palmyra, UT (5.3 miles ), Spring Lake, UT (6.3 miles ), Lake Shore, UT (6.7 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 45 buildings, average cost: $118,500
  • 1997: 35 buildings, average cost: $149,400
  • 1998: 51 buildings, average cost: $131,200
  • 1999: 56 buildings, average cost: $145,900
  • 2000: 60 buildings, average cost: $154,400
  • 2001: 61 buildings, average cost: $154,400
  • 2002: 40 buildings, average cost: $188,100
  • 2003: 44 buildings, average cost: $174,100
  • 2004: 59 buildings, average cost: $189,600
  • 2005: 67 buildings, average cost: $198,300
  • 2006: 89 buildings, average cost: $254,200
  • 2007: 96 buildings, average cost: $246,700

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Latitude: 40.05 N, Longitude: 111.67 W


15 people in nursing homes

Area code commonly used in this area: 801

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Population change in the 1990s: +1,652 (+60.7%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (20%)
  • Metal and metal products (7%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (16%)
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Chemicals (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Computer specialists (4%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
  • Cashiers (4%)


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Crime in Salem (2005):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 2 assaults (40.0 per 100,000)
  • 16 burglaries (319.9 per 100,000)
  • 101 thefts (2019.6 per 100,000)
  • 11 auto thefts (220.0 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 128.8 (higher means more crime, US average = 312.7)

Crime in Salem (2006):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 29 burglaries (594.4 per 100,000)
  • 77 thefts (1578.2 per 100,000)
  • 7 auto thefts (143.5 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 116.2 (higher means more crime, US average = 309.6)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 8 (7 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.19
US city average:  3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Salem:
  • MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; PAYSON, UT)
  • UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles; PROVO, UT)
  • UTAH STATE HOSPITAL-PSYCHIATRIC (about 13 miles; PROVO, UT)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Salem:
  • PROVO MUNI (about 12 miles; PROVO, UT; ID: PVU)
  • SALT LAKE CITY INTL (about 55 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; ID: SLC)
  • HILL AFB (about 77 miles; OGDEN, UT; ID: HIF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Salem:
  • SPANISH FORK-SPRINGVILLE (about 6 miles; SPANISH FORK, UT; ID: U77)
  • NEPHI MUNI (about 26 miles; NEPHI, UT; ID: U14)
  • JAKE GARN (about 28 miles; EAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT; ID: 17U)

Amtrak station near Salem:
  • 13 miles: PROVO (600 SOUTH & 3OO WEST). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Salem:
  • UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE (about 16 miles; OREM, UT; Full-time enrollment: 14,182)
  • BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; PROVO, UT; FT enrollment: 29,977)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-UTAH CAMPUS (about 46 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 2,021)
  • SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 11,896)
  • SNOW COLLEGE (about 47 miles; EPHRAIM, UT; FT enrollment: 2,632)
  • UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (about 51 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 19,866)
  • WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY (about 81 miles; OGDEN, UT; FT enrollment: 12,112)
Public elementary/middle schools in Salem:
  • MT LOAFER ELEM SCH (Students: 699; Location: 1025 S 250 W; Grades: KG - 05)
  • SALEM ELEM SCH (Students: 564; Location: 140 W 100 S; Grades: KG - 05)

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Church in Salem: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemetery: Salem City Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Dixon Pond (A), Grimes Pond (B), Lower Pond (C), Salem Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

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Hotel: Inn Management Inc (Po Box 924).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Salem and their reported violations in the past:

SALEM (Population served: 4800, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 24 regular monitoring violations
WOODLAND HILLS (Population served: 1200, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-1998, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2002 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In AUG-1997, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
  • Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-1997 and DEC-1996, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-31-1996)
  • Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-1997 and DEC-1996, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-31-1996)
  • One minor monitoring violation
  • 45 regular monitoring violations
  • One other older monitoring violation
JEHOVAHS WITNESS CHURCH (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-1996, Contaminant: Coliform

Average household size:
This city:  3.9 people
Utah:  3.1 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  89.5%
Whole state:  76.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  1.0%
Whole state:  3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  4.1%
Whole state:  9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  0.3%
Whole state:  3.9%

Salem compared to Utah state average:

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  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • House age below state average.


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Banks with branches in Salem (2007 data):
  • Far West Bank: Salem Branch at 135 East 200 North On Highway 91, branch established on 1977-12-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $430.4 mil, Deposits: $365.0 mil, headquarters in Provo, UT, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 16 total offices, Holding Company: Far West Bancorporation



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Streets and Highways 5$14,196$34,0700$0
Sewerage 1$2,595$31,1400$0
Parks and Recreation 2$5,458$32,7480$0
Water Supply 2$4,291$25,7460$0
Electric Power 3$12,088$48,3520$0
Local Libraries 0$0 1$1,618
Other and Unallocable 0$0 4$1,094
Financial Administration 1$2,852$34,2240$0
Other Government Administration 3$9,224$36,8961$51
Police Protection - Officers 7$21,792$37,3580$0
Totals for Government 24$72,495$36,2486$2,763



Salem government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $118,000
  • Charges - All Other: $445,000
    Sewerage: $351,000
    Solid Waste Management: $182,000
    Parks & Recreation: $76,000
    Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $27,000
  • Construction - Parks & Recreation: $424,000
    Electric Utilities: $275,000
    Sewerage: $68,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $1,349,000
    Police Protection: $464,000
    Regular Highways: $277,000
    Parks & Recreation: $269,000
    Central Staff Services: $249,000
    Sewerage: $225,000
    Water Utilities: $197,000
    Solid Waste Management: $137,000
    Financial Administration: $111,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $83,000
    Fire Protection: $63,000
    Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $52,000
    Libraries: $9,000
  • Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $58,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $61,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $3,806,000
    Electric Utilities: $1,165,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,468,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $3,170,000
    Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $578,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Electric Utilities: $1,075,000
    Other, NEC: $745,000
    Water Utilities: $451,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $185,000
    Other, NEC: $145,000
    Electric Utilities: $90,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $87,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $40,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff: $27,000
    General - Other: $19,000
    Solid Waste Management: $17,000
    Fire Protection: $3,000
    Police Protection: $2,000
    Water Utilities: $1,000
    Electric Utilities: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,447,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $1,405,000
    Water Utilities: $577,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $115,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $188,000
    All Other: $2,000
  • Tax - Total General Sales: $399,000
    Property: $292,000
    NEC: $112,000
    Public Utilities: $18,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,384,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $189,000

9.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,968 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.00%
Utah average:  8.03%

0.27% of residents moved from foreign countries ($290 average AGI)
Utah County:  0.27%
Utah average:  0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Salt Lake County, UT  2.08% ($42,346 average AGI)
from Davis County, UT  0.32% ($34,578)
from Maricopa County, AZ  0.30% ($39,171)


8.27% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,260 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.27%
Utah average:  7.46%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($660 average AGI)
Utah County:  0.06%
Utah average:  0.08%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Salt Lake County, UT  2.09% ($37,416 average AGI)
to Maricopa County, AZ  0.33% ($32,705)
to Davis County, UT  0.27% ($39,003)


Strongest AM radio stations in Salem:
  • KHQN (1480 AM; 1 kW; SPANISH FORK, UT; Owner: SACE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KOVO (960 AM; 5 kW; PROVO, UT; Owner: MILLCREEK BROADCASTING LLC)
  • KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)
  • KSL (1160 AM; 50 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • KTKK (630 AM; 10 kW; SANDY, UT; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KMTI (650 AM; 10 kW; MANTI, UT; Owner: SANPETE COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KKDS (1060 AM; 10 kW; SOUTH SALT LAKE, UT; Owner: HOLIDAY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KBEE (860 AM; 10 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KEYY (1450 AM; 1 kW; PROVO, UT; Owner: BIBLICAL MINISTRIES WORLDWIDE)
  • KLLB (1510 AM; daytime; 10 kW; WEST JORDAN, UT; Owner: UNITED SECURITY FINANCIAL, INC.)
  • KWDZ (910 AM; 5 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • KSRR (1400 AM; 1 kW; PROVO, UT; Owner: ROBERT MOREY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Salem:
  • KTCE (92.3 FM; PAYSON, UT; Owner: MOENKOPI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • K264AC (100.7 FM; RURAL UTAH COUNTY, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)
  • K208BZ (89.5 FM; SPANISH FORK, UT; Owner: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY)
  • KQMB (102.7 FM; MIDVALE, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)
  • KXRK (96.3 FM; PROVO, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)
  • KENZ (107.5 FM; OREM, UT; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KMXU (105.1 FM; MANTI, UT; Owner: MILLCREEK BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KZHT (94.9 FM; PROVO, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • K217CL (91.3 FM; PROVO, UT; Owner: STOCKTON CHRISTIAN LIFE COLLEGE, INC)
  • KSOP-FM (104.3 FM; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: KSOP, INC.)
  • K272DP (102.3 FM; TOOELE, UT; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • KCPX (105.7 FM; CENTERVILLE, UT; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KRCL (90.9 FM; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: LISTENERS COMMUNITY RADIO OF UTAH)
  • KBZN (97.9 FM; OGDEN, UT; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KOSY-FM (106.5 FM; SPANISH FORK, UT; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KRSP-FM (103.5 FM; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)
  • KBER (101.1 FM; OGDEN, UT; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KISN-FM (97.1 FM; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KKAT (101.9 FM; OGDEN, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KSFI (100.3 FM; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Salem:
  • KUPX (Channel 16; PROVO, UT; Owner: PAXSON SALT LAKE CITY LICENSE, INC.)
  • K34DW (Channel 34; PROVO, UT; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)




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