Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Salmon is worth considering.
One of the benefits of Salmon is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.24 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Salmon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Salmon rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.29% of adults 25 and older in Salmon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Salmon in 2022 was $32,404, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,616 for a family of four. However, Salmon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Salmon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Salmon residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Salmon include Irish, English, German, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Salmon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
