$75,747. Males had a median income of $48,173 versus $36,364 for females. The per capita income for the town was $27,288. About 0.6% of families and 1.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.3% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over. Education The Salem School District operates a Pre-K–8 school that serves the town. Residents in grades 9 through 12 are zoned to East Lyme High School in East Lyme, which is a part of East Lyme Public Schools. Miscellaneous There is a Witch Meadow Lake and Witch Meadow Campground in Salem, perhaps a tongue-in-cheek homage to the infamous witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts. Notable People Hiram Bingham III (1875–1956), Connecticut governor, U.S. Senator, adventurer, discovered Machu Picchu; long-time town resident Hiram Bingham IV (1903–1988), American Vice Consul in Marseilles, France, during World War II; rescued thousands of Jews from the Nazis during the Holocaust; hometown and lengthy resident Daryl Blonder (1981–2012), television actor and author Samuel M. Hopkins (1772–1837), lawyer and congressman for New York; born in Salem Rachel Robinson (born 1922), widow of baseball great Jackie Robinson and civil rights activist; lengthy resident Ik Marvel (1822–1908), pseudonym of Donald Grant Mitchell; lived in Salem and his house is still standing References http://www.usmarshals.gov/readingroom/us_marshals/index.html External links Town of Salem official website Salem School District Salem Free Public Library Salem, CT Virtual Town Meeting Annual Salem 5K Road Race Towns in New London County, Connecticut Towns in Connecticut 1819 establishments in Connecticut Populated places established in 1819