Almont vs New Salem

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

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

New Salem has the higher population (904 vs 180 in Almont). New Salem has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $46,500 in Almont). Since 2019, Almont's population has grown faster (+143.2% vs -20.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Almont	New Salem
Population	180	904
Median age	34.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$69,750
Median home value	$46,500	$173,400
Median gross rent	—	$866
Housing units	77	433
Homeownership rate	93.8%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Almont	New Salem
Population	74 → 180 (+143.2%)	1,137 → 904 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $120,000 (+156.0%)	$63,702 → $69,750 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$48,800 → $46,500 (-4.7%)	$141,200 → $173,400 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $633 (-6.2%)	$658 → $866 (+31.6%)

Almont

Population

74180

Median household income

$46,875$120,000

Median home value

$48,800$46,500

Median gross rent

$675$633

New Salem

Population

1,137904

Median household income

$63,702$69,750

Median home value

$141,200$173,400

Median gross rent

$658$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Almont	New Salem
Under 5	15.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	19.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.8%	7.4%
55 to 64	17.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	7.4%
75 and over	5.6%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Almont	New Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.6%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Almont	New Salem
No high school diploma	2.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	60.4%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Almont	New Salem
Drove alone	86.8%	85.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	10.5%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Almont	New Salem
1-unit, detached	83.1%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Almont	New Salem
Poverty rate	16.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.81	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1948	1962