Lanesville vs New Salisbury

A side-by-side comparison of Lanesville and New Salisbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Lanesville and New Salisbury are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lanesville has the higher population (871 vs 518 in New Salisbury). Lanesville has the higher median household income ($80,473 vs $53,711 in New Salisbury). Lanesville has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $202,400 in New Salisbury).

Population, income & housing

	Lanesville	New Salisbury
Population	871	518
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,473	$53,711
Median home value	$208,000	$202,400
Median gross rent	$886	—
Housing units	418	332
Homeownership rate	71.5%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanesville	New Salisbury
Population	615 → 871 (+41.6%)	590 → 518 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $80,473 (+57.8%)	$31,389 → $53,711 (+71.1%)
Median home value	$142,100 → $208,000 (+46.4%)	$159,400 → $202,400 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $886 (+18.9%)	—

Lanesville

Population

615871

Median household income

$51,000$80,473

Median home value

$142,100$208,000

Median gross rent

$745$886

New Salisbury

Population

590518

Median household income

$31,389$53,711

Median home value

$159,400$202,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanesville	New Salisbury
Under 5	6.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	24.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	17.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	23.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	6.0%
75 and over	9.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanesville	New Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	99.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanesville	New Salisbury
No high school diploma	3.1%	18.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanesville	New Salisbury
Drove alone	75.8%	60.6%
Carpooled	8.9%	39.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanesville	New Salisbury
1-unit, detached	74.9%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Lanesville	New Salisbury
Poverty rate	2.5%	24.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1970	1978