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Notable locations in Salem: Ridgewood Tennis Club (A), Virginia Baptist Childrens Home (B), Southside Industrial Park (C), Hidden Valley Country Club (D), Southern Lutheran Orphanage (E), Salem Industrial Park (F), Salem-Roanoke Valley Civic Center (G), Salem Public Library (H), Salem Fire Station Number 3 (I), Salem Fire Station Number 2 (J), Salem Fire Station Number 1 (K), Bittle Memorial Library (L), Longwood (M), Miller Hall (N), Trout Hall (O), Roanoke County Courthouse (P). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Lee-Hi Shopping Center (1), Lakeside Plaza Shopping Center (2), West Salem Plaza Shopping Center (3), Spartan Square Shopping Center (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Salem include: Church of God (A), Antrim Chapel (B), College Lutheran Church (C), Saint Pauls Episcopal Church (D), Salem Baptist Church (E), Salem Church of Christ (F), Salem Presbyterian Church (G), Salem Tabernacle (H), Shiloh Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Church Hill Cemetery (1), Harris Cemetery (2), East Hill Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Lake Spring (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Gish Branch (A), Mason Creek (B), Dry Creek (C), Snyders Branch (D), Spring Lake Branch (E), Horners Branch (F), Barnhardt Creek (G), Paint Bank Branch (H), Mill Race (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Salem include: Sherwood Burial Park (1), Mowles Spring Park (2), Lakeside Amusement Park (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Salem Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: AL Salem (Amusement & Theme Parks; 4003 West Main Street) (1), Thunder Valley Family Entertainment Center (Amusement & Theme Parks; 1865 Dillard Drive) (2), Lazer Venture Pizza & Games (Amusement & Theme Parks; 832 West Main Street) (3), Dixie Caverns & Pottery (5753 West Main Street) (4). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Hotels: Comfort Inn Salem (151 Wildwood Road) (1), Baymont Inn (140 Sheraton Dr) (2), Blue Jay-Budget Host Inn (5399 West Main Street) (3), Hampton Inn-Lewis Gale (1886 Electric Road) (4), Holiday Inn (450 Litchell Road) (5), Hampton Inn Roanoke Salem (1886 Electric Road) (6), Econo Lodge Salem (301 Wildwood Road) (7), Holiday Inn Express-Salem (1535 East Main Street) (8), Baymont Roanoke-Salem (140 Sheraton Drive) (9). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Courts: Roanoke County - Courts- General District Court- Clerk's Office (305 East Main Street) (1), Roanoke County - Courts- Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court- Juvenile Court Serv (400 East Main Street) (2), Roanoke County - Question- Courts- Juvenile Domestic Relations Court- Director Of Court Serv (305 East Main) (3), Alcohol Safety Action Program - Court Community Corrections (516 East Main) (4), Salem City - Court-Community Corrections Driver Improvement- Courts- Circuit Court C (2 East Calhoun Street) (5), Salem City - Clerk & Civil Court- General District- Court-Community Corrections Driver Improve (2 East Calhoun Street) (6), Roanoke County - Clerk's Office- Jury Service Information- Courts- Circuit Court- Jury Informa (305 East Main Street) (7), Roanoke County - Courts- Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court- Director Of Court Serv (305 East Main Street) (8), Fort Chiswell High School - Supreme Court Of Virginia- Justice Lawrence L Koont (305 East Main) (9). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Salem that have no violations reported:
- CITY OF SALEM WTP (Address: P.O. Box 869, Population served: 25000, Primary Water Source Type: Surface_water)
- MOOSE LODGE NO 284 (Address: P.O. BOX 538, Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: |  6.7% | | Whole state: |  9.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: | 3.3% | | Whole state: | 4.3% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Salem, VA
People in group quarters in Salem
- 926 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 262 people in nursing homes
- 233 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 69 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 68 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 58 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 58 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 39 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 19 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 16 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Salem compared to Virginia state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Arena or stadium:
- Salem Civic Center. Capacity: 6,820.
Banks with most branches in Salem (2009 data):
- StellarOne Bank: Financial Services Center Branch, West Main Street Branch, Fnb Salem Bank And Trust, National Association/Branch, South Salem Branch. Info updated 2008-06-06: Bank assets: $2,933.1 mil, Deposits: $2,356.7 mil, headquarters in Christiansburg, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 68 total offices, Holding Company: Stellarone Corporation
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Lakeside Branch, West Salem Branch, Salem Branch. Info updated 2008-12-12: Bank assets: $147,483.6 mil, Deposits: $98,507.9 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1514 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
- SunTrust Bank: Lakeside Mm Branch 806, West Salem Branch 499, Lewis-Gale Branch. Info updated 2009-03-30: Bank assets: $185,098.8 mil, Deposits: $120,116.4 mil, headquarters in Atlanta, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1782 total offices, Holding Company: Suntrust Banks, Inc.
- Wachovia Bank, National Association: Riverjack Branch at 1432 Apperson Drive, branch established on 1965-10-01; Salem Branch at 14 West Main Street, branch established on 1963-07-27. Info updated 2008-06-19: Bank assets: $635,476.0 mil, Deposits: $424,599.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, negative income in the last year, 3343 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
- Woodforest National Bank: Salem Walmart Branch at 1841 West Main Street, branch established on 2007-02-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,928.3 mil, Deposits: $2,568.2 mil, headquarters in Houston, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 499 total offices, Holding Company: Woodforest Financial Group, Inc.
- Valley Bank: Salem Branch at 8 East Main Street, branch established on 1999-04-12. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $668.4 mil, Deposits: $485.4 mil, headquarters in Roanoke, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 8 total offices, Holding Company: Valley Financial Corporation
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company: Salem Main Office Branch at 106 Roanoke Boulevard, branch established on 1999-11-30. Info updated 2009-01-06: Bank assets: $13,862.8 mil, Deposits: $11,768.4 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 343 total offices, Holding Company: First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.
- Bank of Floyd: Salem Office Branch at 1634 West Main Street, branch established on 2005-02-08. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $210.1 mil, Deposits: $189.4 mil, headquarters in Floyd, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 8 total offices, Holding Company: Cardinal Bankshares Corporation
- Carter Bank & Trust: Electric Road Branch at 1400 Electric Road, branch established on 2002-03-01. Info updated 2007-02-23: Bank assets: $2,800.5 mil, Deposits: $2,470.8 mil, headquarters in Martinsville, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 124 total offices
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Salem, Virginia
- Quality Inn-roanoke\salem, 179 Sheraton Dr, Salem, VA 24153, Phone: (540) 562-1912, Fax: (540) 562-0507
- Hampton Inn - Salem, 1886 Electric Rd, Salem, VA 24153, Phone: (540) 776-6500
- Comfort Suites At Ridgewood, 2898 Keagy Rd, Salem, VA 24153, Phone: (800) 628-1922
- La Quinta Inn, 140 Sheraton Dr, Salem, VA 24153, Phone: (540) 562-2717, Fax: (540) 562-1620
- Days Inn, 1535 E Main St, Salem, VA 24153, Phone: (540) 986-1000, Fax: (540) 986-0355
- Quality Inn, 151 Wildwood Rd, Salem, VA 24153, Phone: (540) 387-1600, Fax: (540) 387-9747
- Comfort Suites West Salem, 100 Wildwood Rd, Salem, VA 24153, Phone: (540) 389-7171, Fax: (540) 389-7009
- Holiday Inn Express Salem Civic Center, 991 Russell Dr, Salem, VA 24153, Phone: (540) 562-3229, Fax: (540) 562-3040
- 2 other hotels and motels
All 10 fire-safe hotels and motels in Salem, Virginia
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (58%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
54 | $192,197 | $42,710 | 2 | $686 |
| Other Government Administration |
39 | $178,107 | $54,802 | 12 | $6,200 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
82 | $336,904 | $49,303 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
24 | $66,650 | $33,325 | 15 | $9,267 |
| Firefighters |
65 | $287,665 | $53,107 | 21 | $9,757 |
| Fire - Other |
2 | $5,391 | $32,346 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
63 | $173,478 | $33,043 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
37 | $95,395 | $30,939 | 7 | $3,846 |
| Sewerage |
8 | $18,779 | $28,169 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
16 | $64,662 | $48,497 | 36 | $14,387 |
| Water Supply |
33 | $124,878 | $45,410 | 1 | $263 |
| Electric Power |
29 | $147,054 | $60,850 | 1 | $823 |
| Elementary and Secondary - Instruction |
409 | $1,522,468 | $44,669 | 93 | $103,340 |
| Elementary and Secondary - Other Total |
138 | $270,120 | $23,489 | 64 | $34,492 |
| Local Libraries |
8 | $32,402 | $48,603 | 8 | $3,000 |
| Other and Unallocable |
21 | $77,933 | $44,533 | 114 | $17,241 |
| Totals for Government |
1028 | $3,594,083 | $41,954 | 374 | $203,302 |
Salem government finances in 2006:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $4,894,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $5,336,000
All Other: $3,951,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $1,115,000
Parks and Recreation: $804,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $413,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $38,177,000
Electric Utilities: $23,757,000
Police Protection: $6,862,000
Parks and Recreation: $6,411,000
Local Fire Protection: $4,956,000
Solid Waste Management: $4,888,000
General - Other: $4,638,000
Regular Highways: $4,512,000
Water Utilities: $3,717,000
Sewerage: $2,804,000
Financial Administration: $2,297,000
Public Welfare - Other: $1,803,000
Central Staff Services: $1,448,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,321,000
General Public Buildings: $1,249,000
Housing and Community Development: $816,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $508,000
Correctional Institutions: $254,000
Corrections - Other: $127,000
Health - Other: $115,000
- DISCONTINUED for 2005 (Formerly: Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue): $5,237,000
- Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $150,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $3,326,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Elementary and Secondary Education: $951,000
Health - Other: $6,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $5,513,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $276,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,070,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $2,112,000
Fines and Forfeits: $151,000
General Revenue, NEC: $33,000
- NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $98,979,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $75,482,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,567,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Electric Utilities: $10,172,000
General - Other: $8,178,000
Parks and Recreation: $253,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $45,243,000
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $27,699,000
Water Utilities: $4,193,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $5,237,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $18,213,000
Highways: $4,611,000
All Other: $2,318,000
Public Welfare: $943,000
General Local Government Support: $848,000
- Tax - Property: $27,350,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $9,011,000
Other Selective Sales: $4,839,000
Public Utilities Sales: $2,336,000
Amusements Sales: $334,000
Other License: $294,000
Pari-mutuels Sales: $167,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $26,310,000
10.58% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,873 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 10.58% | | Virginia average: | 11.06% |
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:
9.97% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,672 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.97% | | Virginia average: | 10.78% |
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:
- WVBE (610 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WTOY (1480 AM; 5 kW; SALEM, VA; Owner: WARD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRIS (1410 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: WRIS INC.)
- WFIR (960 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WKBA (1550 AM; daytime; 10 kW; VINTON, VA; Owner: TINKER CREEK BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WGMN (1240 AM; 1 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWWR (910 AM; 1 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WLLL (930 AM; 10 kW; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: HUBBARD'S ADVERTISING AGENCY, INC.)
- WPIN (810 AM; daytime; 4 kW; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: DUBLIN RADIO)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
Strongest FM radio stations in Salem:
- W279AC (103.7 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WJJS-FM (106.1 FM; VINTON, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WXLK (92.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WVTF (89.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
- WSLC-FM (94.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WSLQ (99.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WROV-FM (96.3 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMGR-FM (104.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WYYD-FM1 (107.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: WYYD LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WPAR (91.3 FM; SALEM, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
- WZZI (101.5 FM; VINTON, VA; Owner: TRAVIS MEDIA, L.L.C.)
- WRXT (90.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WBWR (106.9 FM; BEDFORD, VA; Owner: BEDFORD RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
- WSNV (93.5 FM; SALEM, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WXCF-FM (103.9 FM; CLIFTON FORGE, VA; Owner: IMPACT BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WFNR-FM (100.7 FM; CHRISTIANSBURG, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
- WYYD (107.9 FM; AMHERST, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WNRS-FM (89.9 FM; SWEET BRIAR, VA; Owner: SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE)
- WZZU (97.9 FM; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: TRAVIS MEDIA L.L.C.)
TV broadcast stations around Salem:
- W34CU (Channel 34; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
- W49AP (Channel 49; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WSET-TV (Channel 13; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: WSET INCORPORATED)
- WBRA-TV (Channel 15; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)
- WJPR (Channel 21; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: GRANT BROADCASTING SYSTEMS II, INC.)
- WSLS-TV (Channel 10; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WRKV-LP (Channel 65; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WPXR (Channel 38; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WFXR-TV (Channel 27; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: GRANT BROADCASTING SYSTEMS II, INC.)
- WDBJ (Channel 7; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: WDBJ TELEVISION, INC.)
- W54BT (Channel 54; ROANOKE, ETC., VA; Owner: BIP, INC.)
- W05AA (Channel 5; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: WSET, INC.)
- W04AG (Channel 4; GARDEN CITY, ETC., VA; Owner: WDBJ TELEVISION, INC.)
Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)
See more detailed statistics of Salem fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 5 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Salem)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 17 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 27 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Salem, VA)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 24 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 137 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Salem)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 33 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Salem)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 130
- Hazardous Condition: 228
- Service Call: 15
- Good Intent Call: 2
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Salem, VA
Salem on our top lists:
- #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #73 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
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