Salem is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 28,112 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Salem is the sixth largest community in New Hampshire.

Salem is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Salem is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salem who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.00%), sales jobs (13.49%), and management occupations (10.88%).

Also of interest is that Salem has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Salem is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 97.9% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Salem.

Salem Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Salem citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 25.39% of adults in Salem have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Salem in 2000 was $26,170, which is upper middle income relative to New Hampshire, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,680 for a family of four.

The people who call Salem home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Salem is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Salem include Italian, Irish, English, French, French Canadian, German, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Salem is English. Some people also speak French.