Salem Heights, Hamilton County, Ohio
census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio
Salem Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, adjacent to the city of Cincinnati. The population of Salem Heights was 3,862 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Salem Heights is located 10 miles (16 km) east of downtown Cincinnati. The Cincinnati neighborhood of Mount Washington is directly to the north. The census-designated place of Fruit Hill lies to the east, and to the south are Interstate 275 and the Ohio River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Salem Heights CDP has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.3 km2), all land.
Demographics
As of the census of 2020, there were 3,862 people living in the CDP, for a population density of 2,375.15 people per square mile (916.95/km2). There were 1,478 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.8% White, 1.6% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.7% from some other race, and 6.0% from two or more races. 2.7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
“Salem Heights, Hamilton County, Ohio” enters the record as census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Salem, Heights and Hamilton can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6117219. Authority coordinates are 39.066, -84.384. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
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