New Salisbury vs Palmyra

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

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

Palmyra has the higher population (1,271 vs 518 in New Salisbury). New Salisbury has the higher median household income ($53,711 vs $49,821 in Palmyra). New Salisbury has the higher median home value ($202,400 vs $143,500 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	New Salisbury	Palmyra
Population	518	1,271
Median age	36.2 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,711	$49,821
Median home value	$202,400	$143,500
Median gross rent	—	$717
Housing units	332	559
Homeownership rate	85.7%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Salisbury	Palmyra
Population	590 → 518 (-12.2%)	1,367 → 1,271 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$31,389 → $53,711 (+71.1%)	$31,147 → $49,821 (+60.0%)
Median home value	$159,400 → $202,400 (+27.0%)	$114,500 → $143,500 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$602 → $717 (+19.1%)

New Salisbury

Population

590518

Median household income

$31,389$53,711

Median home value

$159,400$202,400

Palmyra

Population

1,3671,271

Median household income

$31,147$49,821

Median home value

$114,500$143,500

Median gross rent

$602$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Salisbury	Palmyra
Under 5	3.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.9%	24.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	24.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	17.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	23.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	11.0%
75 and over	6.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Salisbury	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Salisbury	Palmyra
No high school diploma	18.2%	16.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Salisbury	Palmyra
Drove alone	60.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	39.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Salisbury	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	83.7%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	New Salisbury	Palmyra
Poverty rate	24.7%	15.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	39	37
Median year structure built	1978	1983