Henry County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 32.6. This is about average.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 0.574. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 19.7 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.72. This is about average. There were 16 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 16.0. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 22.6 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 10.4%
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.2 people | | Iowa: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 59.7% | | Whole state: | 66.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 4.5% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Salem, IA
Salem compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (79%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Henry County Iowa:
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Religion statistics for Salem (based on Henry County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 48.36%
| Here |  | 48.4% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Charismatic Churches Independent | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Mennonite Church USA |
| Adherents | 25.1% | 13.9% | 10.2% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Congregations | 23.7% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 7.9% | 7.9% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Lutheran Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | Other |
| Adherents | 5.7% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 3.3% | 15.8% |
| Congregations | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 44.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 6 | Henry County: | 2.97 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | This county: | 0.50 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 0.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 10 | Henry County: | 4.96 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 5.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 19 | This county: | 9.42 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Henry County: | 7.8% | | Iowa: | 7.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Henry County: | 28.0% | | State: | 27.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $979 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 16 | $315 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $4,672 | $56,064 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $4,672 | $56,064 | 18 | $1,294 |
Salem government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $42,000 ($109.66)
Solid Waste Management: $27,000 ($70.50)
All Other: $1,000 ($2.61)
- Construction - Fire Protection: $25,000 ($65.27)
Regular Highways: $4,000 ($10.44)
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $63,000 ($164.49)
Water Utilities: $54,000 ($140.99)
Sewerage: $43,000 ($112.27)
Solid Waste Management: $23,000 ($60.05)
General - Other: $21,000 ($54.83)
Fire Protection: $16,000 ($41.78)
Financial Administration: $8,000 ($20.89)
Parks & Recreation: $7,000 ($18.28)
General Public Buildings: $4,000 ($10.44)
Central Staff Services: $2,000 ($5.22)
Libraries: $2,000 ($5.22)
- General - Interest on Debt: $10,000 ($26.11)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $12,000 ($31.33)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $172,000 ($449.09)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $228,000 ($595.30)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $221,000 ($577.02)
Water Utilities: $161,000 ($420.37)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $11,000 ($28.72)
Other, NEC: $7,000 ($18.28)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $9,000 ($23.50)
Interest Earnings: $6,000 ($15.67)
Rents: $1,000 ($2.61)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $7,000 ($18.28)
Parks & Recreation: $4,000 ($10.44)
Fire Protection: $3,000 ($7.83)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $210,000 ($548.30)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $82,000 ($214.10)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $37,000 ($96.61)
General Support: $5,000 ($13.05)
- Tax - Property: $43,000 ($112.27)
Total General Sales: $30,000 ($78.33)
Public Utilities: $2,000 ($5.22)
NEC: $1,000 ($2.61)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $41,000 ($107.05)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $9,000 ($23.50)
6.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,493 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.04% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.85% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,324 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.85% | | Iowa average: | 6.47% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Salem:
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KILJ (1130 AM; daytime; 0 kW; MOUNT PLEASANT, IA; Owner: KILJ, INC.)
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WSUI (910 AM; 5 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA)
- KCJJ (1630 AM; 10 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: RIVER CITY RADIO, INC.)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
- WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
- KMOX (1120 AM; 50 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- KBKB (1360 AM; 1 kW; FORT MADISON, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Salem:
- KAYP (89.9 FM; BURLINGTON, IA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KILJ-FM (105.5 FM; MOUNT PLEASANT, IA; Owner: KILJ, INC.)
- KKNL (97.3 FM; NEW LONDON, IA; Owner: PRITCHARD BROADCASTING CO.)
- KOKX-FM (95.3 FM; KEOKUK, IA; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
- KRNQ (96.3 FM; KEOKUK, IA; Owner: DAVID M. LISTER)
- KDMG (103.1 FM; BURLINGTON, IA; Owner: PRITCHARD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KBKB-FM (101.7 FM; FORT MADISON, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KGRS (107.3 FM; BURLINGTON, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KIIK-FM (95.9 FM; FAIRFIELD, IA; Owner: FAIRFIELD MEIDA GROUP, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Salem:
- KGWB-TV (Channel 26; BURLINGTON, IA; Owner: BURLINGTON TELEVISION ACQUISITION CORP.)
- KTVO (Channel 3; KIRKSVILLE, MO; Owner: KTVO LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, INC.)
- KYOU-TV (Channel 15; OTTUMWA, IA; Owner: WAITT BROADCASTING, INC.)
- K38AB (Channel 38; FORT MADISON, ETC., IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- K54AF (Channel 54; KEOSAUQUA, ETC., IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
Salem fatal accident list:
Feb 22, 2001 08:35 PM, 7900, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Feb 6, 1999 02:10 AM, 7789, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: Inconsistent data
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 12 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Salem)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - Salem, Cnr Hickory & 335th 4.2mi S & E Of (Lat: 40.821694 Lon: -91.584056), Type: Tower, Structure height: 79.2 m, Overall height: 85.3 m, Call Sign: WPTP445
Assigned Frequencies: 6286.19 MHz, 6345.49 MHz Grant Date: 11/15/2001, Expiration Date: 11/15/2011, Certifier: Robert Leedham
Registrant: Bnsf Railway Co., 4515 Kansas Ave, Kansas City, KS 66106, Phone: (913) 551-4958, Fax: (913) 551-4053, Email:
- STATION, 1 Mi W Of Ia Hwy 218 2 1/2 Mi Se Of (Lat: 40.822250 Lon: -91.582361), Overall height: 79.2 m, Call Sign: KYH31
Assigned Frequencies: 6805.00 MHz, 6845.00 MHz Grant Date: 05/24/1996, Expiration Date: 05/24/2001, Cancellation Date: 09/23/2001
Registrant: The Burlington Northern And Santa Fe Railway Co, 4515 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66106-1199, Phone: (913) 551-4568, Fax: (913) 551-4053, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 4 - Call Sign: N0VYC
Grant Date: 03/16/1993, Expiration Date: 03/16/2003, Cancellation Date: 03/17/2005
Registrant: Clarence E Phillips Jr, Salem, IA 52649 - Call Sign: NO0J, Licensee ID: L00797437
Grant Date: 09/10/2004, Expiration Date: 10/25/2014, Certifier: James W Barber
Registrant: James W Barber, 201 E Van Buren St, Salem, IA 52649 - Call Sign: W0MME, Licensee ID: L00910070
Grant Date: 11/02/2004, Expiration Date: 09/16/2014, Certifier: James W Barber
Registrant: Mount Pleasant Arc, Box 66, Salem, IA 52649 - Call Sign: KC0KRD, Licensee ID: L00356236
Grant Date: 05/11/2001, Expiration Date: 05/11/2011, Certifier: Douglas L Pratt
Registrant: Douglas L Pratt, 713 East Jackson, Salem, IA 52649
FAA Registered Aircraft Manufacturers and Dealers: 1 - DOSCHER BILL DBA, 1447 Salem Rd, Salem, IA 52649
Certificate: 04-2073 (Individual), Certificate Issue Date: 11/21/2004, Expiration Date: 11/20/2005
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: POWRACHUTE PEGASUS (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: ROTAX 582ULDCDI-99 (65 HP) (2 Cycle)
N-Number: 52631 , Serial Number: A181PEG, Year manufactured: 2003, Airworthiness Date: 06/22/2007
Registrant (Individual): John A Pomberg, 1062 172nd Ave, Salem, IA 52649
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Salem, IA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Mary | 12 | 85.4 years |
| John | 12 | 77.4 years |
| George | 6 | 78.2 years |
| Robert | 6 | 74.3 years |
| William | 6 | 79.4 years |
| James | 5 | 71.2 years |
| Lucille | 5 | 87.8 years |
| Ruth | 5 | 85.8 years |
| Harold | 4 | 81.2 years |
| Frank | 4 | 79.0 years |
| Most common last names in Salem, IA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Kruse | 10 | 78.5 years |
| Moeller | 10 | 78.3 years |
| Thompson | 6 | 80.9 years |
| Brown | 5 | 83.6 years |
| Mcdowell | 5 | 77.4 years |
| Harshbarger | 5 | 81.6 years |
| Trueblood | 5 | 83.0 years |
| Elmore | 4 | 74.7 years |
| Garmoe | 4 | 76.2 years |
| Bell | 4 | 73.7 years |
- #17 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing"
- #18 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Office and administrative support occupations:"
- #38 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Communications equipment operators"
- #42 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers"
- #56 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Paper"
- #75 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Department and other general merchandise stores"
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