New London vs Salem

A side-by-side comparison of New London and Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

New London and Salem are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New London has the higher population (2,402 vs 363 in Salem). New London has the higher median household income ($65,815 vs $59,583 in Salem). New London has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $75,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	New London	Salem
Population	2,402	363
Median age	35.4 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,815	$59,583
Median home value	$118,900	$75,000
Median gross rent	$772	$850
Housing units	887	155
Homeownership rate	77.8%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New London	Salem
Population	2,128 → 2,402 (+12.9%)	494 → 363 (-26.5%)
Median household income	$54,226 → $65,815 (+21.4%)	$40,625 → $59,583 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $118,900 (+37.0%)	$60,000 → $75,000 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $772 (+13.5%)	$645 → $850 (+31.8%)

New London

Population

2,1282,402

Median household income

$54,226$65,815

Median home value

$86,800$118,900

Median gross rent

$680$772

Salem

Population

494363

Median household income

$40,625$59,583

Median home value

$60,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$645$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New London	Salem
Under 5	7.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	14.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	16.5%
45 to 54	18.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	7.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.7%
75 and over	6.5%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New London	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	79.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New London	Salem
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	38.6%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New London	Salem
Drove alone	87.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New London	Salem
1-unit, detached	76.6%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	New London	Salem
Poverty rate	9.3%	10.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1961	1954