New Market vs New Salem

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

New Market 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 (922 vs 826 in New Market). New Salem has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $41,364 in New Market). New Salem has the higher median home value ($239,900 vs $160,200 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	New Market	New Salem
Population	826	922
Median age	36.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,364	$103,750
Median home value	$160,200	$239,900
Median gross rent	$742	$850
Housing units	406	337
Homeownership rate	23.8%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Market	New Salem
Population	732 → 826 (+12.8%)	739 → 922 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $41,364 (+6.7%)	$82,639 → $103,750 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $160,200 (+23.9%)	$190,800 → $239,900 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $742 (+8.6%)	$1,275 → $850 (-33.3%)

New Market

Population

732826

Median household income

$38,750$41,364

Median home value

$129,300$160,200

Median gross rent

$683$742

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)

	New Market	New Salem
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	23.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	24.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	5.2%	6.2%
75 and over	3.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Market	New Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	89.9%
Black or African American	17.9%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Market	New Salem
No high school diploma	7.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	50.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Market	New Salem
Drove alone	84.6%	88.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Market	New Salem
1-unit, detached	25.6%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	24.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	24.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Market	New Salem
Poverty rate	23.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1975	1971