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.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
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.
- Kenosha · lowest
Kenosha · lowest
$72,954 median HH income
- Trevor · near
Trevor · near
$94,460 median HH income
- Salem · this city
Salem · this city
$97,035 median HH income
- Twin Lakes · near
Twin Lakes · near
$97,804 median HH income
- Pleasant Prair · near
Pleasant Prair · near
$105,868 median HH income
- Bristol · highest
Bristol · highest
$112,000 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.
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 .
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, .