Cartersburg vs North Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Cartersburg and North Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

Cartersburg and North Salem are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Salem has the higher population (602 vs 67 in Cartersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Cartersburg	North Salem
Population	67	602
Median age	14.0 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$61,563
Median home value	—	$172,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,550
Housing units	35	226
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	100.0%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	51.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cartersburg	North Salem
Population	0 → 67 (+0.0%)	423 → 602 (+42.3%)
Median household income	—	$42,857 → $61,563 (+43.6%)
Median home value	—	$114,900 → $172,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$817 → $1,550 (+89.7%)

Cartersburg

Population

067

North Salem

Population

423602

Median household income

$42,857$61,563

Median home value

$114,900$172,700

Median gross rent

$817$1,550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cartersburg	North Salem
Under 5	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	50.7%	23.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	49.3%	17.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	7.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.3%
75 and over	0.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cartersburg	North Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cartersburg	North Salem
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.3%
High school graduate	0.0%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	100.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cartersburg	North Salem
Drove alone	100.0%	90.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cartersburg	North Salem
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cartersburg	North Salem
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.8%
Average household size	4.19	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	—	1938