Arnold City vs New Salem

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

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

New Salem has the higher population (390 vs 344 in Arnold City). Since 2019, Arnold City's population has grown faster (+9.2% vs -37.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold City	New Salem
Population	344	390
Median age	46.3 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$100,688
Median home value	—	$142,200
Median gross rent	$649	—
Housing units	194	159
Homeownership rate	10.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold City	New Salem
Population	315 → 344 (+9.2%)	624 → 390 (-37.5%)
Median household income	—	$68,295 → $100,688 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $93,700 (+6.7%)	$88,800 → $142,200 (+60.1%)

Arnold City

Population

315344

Median home value

$87,800$93,700

New Salem

Population

624390

Median household income

$68,295$100,688

Median home value

$88,800$142,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold City	New Salem
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	6.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	32.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	5.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	15.7%	14.9%
75 and over	5.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold City	New Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	85.4%
Black or African American	16.0%	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	8.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold City	New Salem
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	67.7%	59.5%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold City	New Salem
Drove alone	63.5%	94.4%
Carpooled	36.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold City	New Salem
1-unit, detached	38.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	36.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arnold City	New Salem
Poverty rate	52.6%	0.0%
Average household size	1.77	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	—	40
Median year structure built	1955	1948