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Salem City, Virginia
Salem is an independent city in the Roanoke metro that zones, schools, and taxes separately from Roanoke County while also serving as that county's seat. Roanoke College, the Salem VA Medical Center, and manufacturing along the US 460 and I-81 corridor carry the employment base, and at about fifteen square miles the city has little greenfield ground left.
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Salem City at a glance
- 25,816Population (2025)
- SalemCounty seat
- 15 sq miLand area
- 1,721 / sq miDensity
- $66,716Median household income
- $244,800Median home value
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- Zoning: 23
- HUD: 3
- Soils: 53
- Wetlands: 4
Cities and towns in Salem City
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