Goldsboro vs New Salem

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

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

Goldsboro has the higher population (1,004 vs 922 in New Salem). New Salem has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $84,643 in Goldsboro). New Salem has the higher median home value ($239,900 vs $214,900 in Goldsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Goldsboro	New Salem
Population	1,004	922
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,643	$103,750
Median home value	$214,900	$239,900
Median gross rent	$993	$850
Housing units	420	337
Homeownership rate	91.0%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goldsboro	New Salem
Population	1,075 → 1,004 (-6.6%)	739 → 922 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$67,885 → $84,643 (+24.7%)	$82,639 → $103,750 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$164,500 → $214,900 (+30.6%)	$190,800 → $239,900 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $993 (-13.5%)	$1,275 → $850 (-33.3%)

Goldsboro

Population

1,0751,004

Median household income

$67,885$84,643

Median home value

$164,500$214,900

Median gross rent

$1,148$993

New Salem

Population

739922

Median household income

$82,639$103,750

Median home value

$190,800$239,900

Median gross rent

$1,275$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goldsboro	New Salem
Under 5	4.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	11.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	20.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.2%
75 and over	1.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goldsboro	New Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	89.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	7.3%
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	8.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goldsboro	New Salem
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.0%
High school graduate	47.6%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goldsboro	New Salem
Drove alone	82.9%	88.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goldsboro	New Salem
1-unit, detached	71.2%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Goldsboro	New Salem
Poverty rate	8.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1977	1971