Salem, West Virginia

Salem population, 2020 to 2024

Salem lost 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

Salem covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 1,100 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Salem is less dense than the typical town.

What county Salem is in

All of Salem's residents live in Harrison County, which had 64,472 residents in 2024. Salem holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Salem

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Salem by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26426. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Salem is

The Census internal point of Salem is at 39.284900, -80.564500. Charleston, the capital, is 86.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarksburg, WV (15,262 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 85.7 miles away.

Daylight in Salem

At 39.28° N, Salem gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Salem

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Clarksburg, 10.9 miles away, with 15,262 people.