New Salem vs Silverdale

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

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

Silverdale has the higher population (37 vs 24 in New Salem). Since 2019, New Salem's population has grown faster (+14.3% vs -37.3%).

Population, income & housing

	New Salem	Silverdale
Population	24	37
Median age	—	49.0 yrs
Housing units	24	48
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Salem	Silverdale
Population	21 → 24 (+14.3%)	59 → 37 (-37.3%)

New Salem

Population

2124

Silverdale

Population

5937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Salem	Silverdale
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	48.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	29.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	54.2%	0.0%
75 and over	45.8%	21.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Salem	Silverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Salem	Silverdale
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Salem	Silverdale
1-unit, detached	54.2%	77.1%
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	45.8%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	New Salem	Silverdale
Poverty rate	0.0%	100.0%
Average household size	—	1.95
Median year structure built	—	1938