Atlanta vs New Salem

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

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

Atlanta has the higher population (153 vs 24 in New Salem). Since 2019, New Salem's population has grown faster (+14.3% vs -8.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	New Salem
Population	153	24
Median age	48.8 yrs	—
Median household income	$56,250	—
Median home value	$75,000	—
Median gross rent	$910	—
Housing units	88	24
Homeownership rate	72.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	New Salem
Population	167 → 153 (-8.4%)	21 → 24 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $56,250 (+27.4%)	—
Median home value	$56,900 → $75,000 (+31.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$725 → $910 (+25.5%)	—

Atlanta

Population

167153

Median household income

$44,167$56,250

Median home value

$56,900$75,000

Median gross rent

$725$910

New Salem

Population

2124

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlanta	New Salem
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	14.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	54.2%
75 and over	17.0%	45.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	New Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	New Salem
No high school diploma	11.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	New Salem
Drove alone	60.3%	—
Carpooled	30.2%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.0%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	3.2%	—
Other means	6.3%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	New Salem
1-unit, detached	79.5%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	45.8%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	New Salem
Poverty rate	18.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	—
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1966	—