Fayette City vs New Salem

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

Fayette 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.

Fayette City has the higher population (411 vs 390 in New Salem). New Salem has the higher median household income ($100,688 vs $52,955 in Fayette City). New Salem has the higher median home value ($142,200 vs $75,200 in Fayette City).

Population, income & housing

	Fayette City	New Salem
Population	411	390
Median age	45.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,955	$100,688
Median home value	$75,200	$142,200
Median gross rent	$749	—
Housing units	257	159
Homeownership rate	62.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayette City	New Salem
Population	502 → 411 (-18.1%)	624 → 390 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $52,955 (+38.9%)	$68,295 → $100,688 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $75,200 (+7.9%)	$88,800 → $142,200 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $749 (-1.8%)	—

Fayette City

Population

502411

Median household income

$38,125$52,955

Median home value

$69,700$75,200

Median gross rent

$763$749

New Salem

Population

624390

Median household income

$68,295$100,688

Median home value

$88,800$142,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayette City	New Salem
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	19.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	18.0%	16.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.9%
75 and over	3.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayette City	New Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	85.4%
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	6.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayette City	New Salem
No high school diploma	7.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	59.8%	59.5%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayette City	New Salem
Drove alone	88.6%	94.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayette City	New Salem
1-unit, detached	68.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayette City	New Salem
Poverty rate	25.2%	0.0%
Average household size	1.90	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	40
Median year structure built	1938	1948