New Salem vs Vanderbilt

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

New Salem and Vanderbilt 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 323 in Vanderbilt). New Salem has the higher median household income ($100,688 vs $52,708 in Vanderbilt). New Salem has the higher median home value ($142,200 vs $97,800 in Vanderbilt).

Population, income & housing

	New Salem	Vanderbilt
Population	390	323
Median age	44.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,688	$52,708
Median home value	$142,200	$97,800
Median gross rent	—	$833
Housing units	159	145
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Salem	Vanderbilt
Population	624 → 390 (-37.5%)	349 → 323 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$68,295 → $100,688 (+47.4%)	$38,750 → $52,708 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $142,200 (+60.1%)	$75,900 → $97,800 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$660 → $833 (+26.2%)

New Salem

Population

624390

Median household income

$68,295$100,688

Median home value

$88,800$142,200

Vanderbilt

Population

349323

Median household income

$38,750$52,708

Median home value

$75,900$97,800

Median gross rent

$660$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Salem	Vanderbilt
Under 5	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.8%
75 and over	6.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Salem	Vanderbilt
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Salem	Vanderbilt
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	59.5%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Salem	Vanderbilt
Drove alone	94.4%	94.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Salem	Vanderbilt
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	New Salem	Vanderbilt
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	40	34
Median year structure built	1948	1938