Harmon vs New Salem

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

Harmon 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 192 in Harmon). Harmon has the higher median household income ($99,519 vs $69,750 in New Salem). Harmon has the higher median home value ($366,200 vs $173,400 in New Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Harmon	New Salem
Population	192	904
Median age	32.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,519	$69,750
Median home value	$366,200	$173,400
Median gross rent	—	$866
Housing units	67	433
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harmon	New Salem
Population	239 → 192 (-19.7%)	1,137 → 904 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$148,750 → $99,519 (-33.1%)	$63,702 → $69,750 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$445,700 → $366,200 (-17.8%)	$141,200 → $173,400 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$658 → $866 (+31.6%)

Harmon

Population

239192

Median household income

$148,750$99,519

Median home value

$445,700$366,200

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)

	Harmon	New Salem
Under 5	20.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.3%
25 to 34	19.3%	19.6%
35 to 44	27.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	5.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	1.0%	7.4%
75 and over	0.0%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harmon	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+

	Harmon	New Salem
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	14.3%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	51.3%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harmon	New Salem
Drove alone	73.1%	85.0%
Carpooled	26.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harmon	New Salem
1-unit, detached	83.6%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Harmon	New Salem
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	2013	1962