Mount Wolf vs New Salem

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

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

Mount Wolf has the higher population (1,021 vs 922 in New Salem). New Salem has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $83,214 in Mount Wolf). New Salem has the higher median home value ($239,900 vs $192,600 in Mount Wolf).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Wolf	New Salem
Population	1,021	922
Median age	45.6 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,214	$103,750
Median home value	$192,600	$239,900
Median gross rent	$1,536	$850
Housing units	482	337
Homeownership rate	70.0%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Wolf	New Salem
Population	1,626 → 1,021 (-37.2%)	739 → 922 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $83,214 (+29.3%)	$82,639 → $103,750 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$132,900 → $192,600 (+44.9%)	$190,800 → $239,900 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,536 (+54.4%)	$1,275 → $850 (-33.3%)

Mount Wolf

Population

1,6261,021

Median household income

$64,375$83,214

Median home value

$132,900$192,600

Median gross rent

$995$1,536

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)

	Mount Wolf	New Salem
Under 5	2.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	2.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	17.7%	6.2%
75 and over	7.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Wolf	New Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Wolf	New Salem
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.0%
High school graduate	47.3%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Wolf	New Salem
Drove alone	75.5%	88.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.4%	4.4%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Wolf	New Salem
1-unit, detached	63.5%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	24.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Wolf	New Salem
Poverty rate	6.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1947	1971