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Salem, CT 06420 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 06420: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Salem, CT 06420

Acceptable Alternative

Colchester, CT 06420

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: New London County
Centroid: Latitude 41.488, Longitude -72.272
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 06420 has segments in 2 Counties (Middlesex, New London).

Businesses Addresses: 73
PO Box Addresses: 10
Residential Addresses: 1,688

Multi-Family Addresses: 0
Single Family Addresses: 1,688

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

06420 ZIP Code Map

Salem, CT 06420 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	4,424
Daytime Population: Workers	825
Daytime Population: Residents	1,932
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	2,757
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.62
Population in Households	4,414
Population in Familes	3,840
Population in Group Qrtrs	10
Population Density²	149
Diversity Index³	23

INCOME
Median Household Income	$104,202
Average Household Income	$125,090
Per Capita Income	$45,748

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	1,750 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	1,430 (81.7%)
Renter Occupied HU	186 (10.6%)
Vacant Housing Units	134 ( 7.7%)
Median Home Value	$301,416
Average Home Value	$346,416

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	1,616
Average Household Size	2.73
Family Households	1,236
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.56%	0.48%
Households	0.51%	0.47%
Families	0.44%	0.43%
Median Household Income		1.37%
Per Capita Income		2.5%

Salem, CT 06420 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 06420 to the other 275 ZIP Codes in Connecticut by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.