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.
Salem is a very car-oriented town. 96.51% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Salem is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Salem has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Salem is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Salem, just 9.09% 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 $30,697, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,788 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, Italian, French, and English.
The most common language spoken in Salem is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
