Salem, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Salem, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,643. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SALEM-WI · Salem, WI 1 ZIPs · 8,643 pop · #4949/25278 · Kenosha County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $97,035
  • RANK-TOP #4949/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Twin Lakes
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,643
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $300,200

Nearest income peer: Twin Lakes, WI (+ $769 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Salem

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Salem on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Salem, WI sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 20%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,643
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$97,035
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $97,035 and home value $300,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 27.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Salem as a pure owner town.

Within Wisconsin, Brandon is the closest lower-income city and Sun Prairie the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Salem.

Population concentration

Salem reads through its lone ZIP, 53168

8,643 ACS residents, one ZIP: 53168 is not the leading code inside Salem, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Salem's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 177 establishments, 1,457 employees , annual payroll $61,894k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 53168 (177 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (35) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Salem, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Kenosha County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Salem. See the Kenosha County roll-up →

Salem lands mid-pack among the 6 cities sharing Kenosha County: Pleasant Prairie and Bristol earn more and Kenosha, Trevor and Silver Lake earn less. Kenosha marks the far end of that range at $72,954, 25% below Salem.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
53168 8,643 $97,035 177 95

Salem roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Salem, .