Salem TownshipMN
A town of 1,058, settled in 1856.
Is Salem Township a good place to live?
Salem Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for schools and an A for health and incomes; its weakest is a C for walkability. Only 4 of Minnesota’s 575 towns score lower on the outdoors. Salem Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Salem Township stand out
Where Salem Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Salem Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.5% | 8.9% |
1,058 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Salem Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Salem Township is from typical.
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Moving to Salem Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Salem Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Salem Township.
Fewer of Salem Township’s adults feel lonely than in the typical Minnesota or U.S. town
The share of adults in Salem Township who smoke cigarettes is 12%, below both Minnesota’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (14%). For adults locally, the share who report frequent physical distress is 10%.
| Salem Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 75% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Salem Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.5% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.8% | 11.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Salem Township stands out in Minnesota and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
Since 2013, Salem Township has added 45 jobs, to 100 in 2023. Salem Township’s median household income stands at $102,000, above both the Minnesota town median ($90,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Only 10 of the 274 Minnesota towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Salem Township. The mean commuting time in the town is 19 minutes.
| Salem Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.4% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Salem Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in just over three quarters of U.S. communities. FEMA puts just over half of Salem Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 18% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Salem Township is older than the Minnesota average
45% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 39% across Minnesota. People 65 and older are 28% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (22% statewide). Salem Township’s age of the median resident stands at 49 years. It has lost 3.1% of its people since 2020, down to 1,058 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Salem Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 years | 39.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 45% | 33% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.1 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Salem Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.3% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.1% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 14.9% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.7% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.8% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.4% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.7% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.3% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.2% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
In Salem Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 52 inches of snow, with January nights at 6° and July afternoons at 81°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
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Everything we know about Salem Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Salem Township
About 4 of every 100 Salem Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
99% of working residents leave Salem Township for work
Where Salem Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Salem Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Salem Township is a township in Olmsted County, Minnesota. The population was 1,061 at the 2000 census. The township hall is located at the junction of County Road 25 (Salem Road) and County Road 3 at the unincorporated community of Salem Corners. Salem Township was organized in 1858, and named after Salem, Illinois.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,070 ft
Questions about Salem Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Salem Township, MN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.