Edenborn vs New Salem

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

Edenborn 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 281 in Edenborn). New Salem has the higher median household income ($100,688 vs $58,531 in Edenborn). New Salem has the higher median home value ($142,200 vs $85,000 in Edenborn).

Population, income & housing

	Edenborn	New Salem
Population	281	390
Median age	16.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,531	$100,688
Median home value	$85,000	$142,200
Housing units	71	159
Homeownership rate	93.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edenborn	New Salem
Population	199 → 281 (+41.2%)	624 → 390 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$42,969 → $58,531 (+36.2%)	$68,295 → $100,688 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $85,000 (+31.2%)	$88,800 → $142,200 (+60.1%)

Edenborn

Population

199281

Median household income

$42,969$58,531

Median home value

$64,800$85,000

New Salem

Population

624390

Median household income

$68,295$100,688

Median home value

$88,800$142,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edenborn	New Salem
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	50.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	27.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	2.8%	16.2%
55 to 64	6.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	4.6%	14.9%
75 and over	5.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edenborn	New Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	85.4%
Black or African American	9.3%	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	5.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edenborn	New Salem
No high school diploma	30.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	17.4%	59.5%
Some college or associate's	9.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edenborn	New Salem
Drove alone	100.0%	94.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Edenborn	New Salem
1-unit, detached	87.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edenborn	New Salem
Poverty rate	5.7%	0.0%
Average household size	3.96	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	—	40
Median year structure built	1938	1948