Newman vs Salida

A side-by-side comparison of Newman and Salida: population, income, housing, and more.

Newman and Salida are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salida has the higher population (14,457 vs 12,299 in Newman). Salida has the higher median household income ($91,990 vs $75,344 in Newman). Salida has the higher median home value ($448,700 vs $381,900 in Newman).

Population, income & housing

	Newman	Salida
Population	12,299	14,457
Median age	35.3 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,344	$91,990
Median home value	$381,900	$448,700
Median gross rent	$1,227	$2,004
Housing units	3,963	4,337
Homeownership rate	74.9%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newman	Salida
Population	11,317 → 12,299 (+8.7%)	14,229 → 14,457 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$62,877 → $75,344 (+19.8%)	$82,745 → $91,990 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$263,000 → $381,900 (+45.2%)	$301,700 → $448,700 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,067 → $1,227 (+15.0%)	$1,565 → $2,004 (+28.1%)

Newman

Population

11,31712,299

Median household income

$62,877$75,344

Median home value

$263,000$381,900

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,227

Salida

Population

14,22914,457

Median household income

$82,745$91,990

Median home value

$301,700$448,700

Median gross rent

$1,565$2,004

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newman	Salida
Under 5	7.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	18.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.2%
75 and over	3.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newman	Salida
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	33.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	69.8%	53.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newman	Salida
No high school diploma	24.3%	19.3%
High school graduate	38.4%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newman	Salida
Drove alone	81.6%	84.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newman	Salida
1-unit, detached	85.1%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Newman	Salida
Poverty rate	13.3%	9.5%
Average household size	3.28	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1997	1993