North Salem vs Pittsboro

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

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

Pittsboro has the higher population (3,988 vs 602 in North Salem). Pittsboro has the higher median household income ($125,133 vs $61,563 in North Salem). Pittsboro has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $172,700 in North Salem).

Population, income & housing

	North Salem	Pittsboro
Population	602	3,988
Median age	30.8 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,563	$125,133
Median home value	$172,700	$289,700
Median gross rent	$1,550	—
Housing units	226	1,442
Homeownership rate	94.0%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Salem	Pittsboro
Population	423 → 602 (+42.3%)	3,396 → 3,988 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$42,857 → $61,563 (+43.6%)	$77,500 → $125,133 (+61.5%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $172,700 (+50.3%)	$162,400 → $289,700 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $1,550 (+89.7%)	$922 → $1,012 (+9.8%)

North Salem

Population

423602

Median household income

$42,857$61,563

Median home value

$114,900$172,700

Median gross rent

$817$1,550

Pittsboro

Population

3,3963,988

Median household income

$77,500$125,133

Median home value

$162,400$289,700

Median gross rent

$922$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Salem	Pittsboro
Under 5	8.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	23.9%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.9%
35 to 44	17.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	7.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.7%
75 and over	4.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Salem	Pittsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	3.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Salem	Pittsboro
No high school diploma	12.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Salem	Pittsboro
Drove alone	90.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	15.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	North Salem	Pittsboro
Poverty rate	2.8%	0.3%
Average household size	3.00	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1938	2004