Danville vs North Salem

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

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

Danville has the higher population (11,049 vs 602 in North Salem). Danville has the higher median household income ($93,080 vs $61,563 in North Salem). Danville has the higher median home value ($269,400 vs $172,700 in North Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	North Salem
Population	11,049	602
Median age	36.8 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,080	$61,563
Median home value	$269,400	$172,700
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,550
Housing units	4,364	226
Homeownership rate	70.3%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	North Salem
Population	9,923 → 11,049 (+11.3%)	423 → 602 (+42.3%)
Median household income	$77,806 → $93,080 (+19.6%)	$42,857 → $61,563 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $269,400 (+66.4%)	$114,900 → $172,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,118 (+29.2%)	$817 → $1,550 (+89.7%)

Danville

Population

9,92311,049

Median household income

$77,806$93,080

Median home value

$161,900$269,400

Median gross rent

$865$1,118

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)

	Danville	North Salem
Under 5	5.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	23.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	7.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.3%
75 and over	5.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	North Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	90.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	North Salem
No high school diploma	2.4%	12.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	North Salem
Drove alone	79.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	2.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	North Salem
1-unit, detached	72.3%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Danville	North Salem
Poverty rate	3.7%	2.8%
Average household size	2.60	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1991	1938