The median home value in Salem, OH is $191,064 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.98% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$191,064
Year-over-Year
+4.98%
Population
11,661
Salem ranks #159 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 23.1% below the state's city median of $248,312. It sits in Columbiana County, where the county-wide median is $164,310.
Median household income in Salem is $47,073, so the typical home value is about 4.1× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Salem police recorded a violent crime rate of 232 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,364 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Salem, that value is $191,064. That's up 4.98% from a year earlier. It is about 23.1% below the typical Ohio city tracked here.
Homes in Salem are more expensive than Columbiana County as a whole, where the median is $164,310 — a difference of about 16.3%.
Median household income here is $47,073, so the typical home value is about 4.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Salem police reported 232 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 11,661. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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