New Salem vs Yoe

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

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

Yoe has the higher population (1,105 vs 922 in New Salem). New Salem has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $64,792 in Yoe). New Salem has the higher median home value ($239,900 vs $175,900 in Yoe).

Population, income & housing

	New Salem	Yoe
Population	922	1,105
Median age	39.9 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$64,792
Median home value	$239,900	$175,900
Median gross rent	$850	$992
Housing units	337	489
Homeownership rate	98.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Salem	Yoe
Population	739 → 922 (+24.8%)	1,132 → 1,105 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$82,639 → $103,750 (+25.5%)	$54,904 → $64,792 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$190,800 → $239,900 (+25.7%)	$128,300 → $175,900 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $850 (-33.3%)	$783 → $992 (+26.7%)

New Salem

Population

739922

Median household income

$82,639$103,750

Median home value

$190,800$239,900

Median gross rent

$1,275$850

Yoe

Population

1,1321,105

Median household income

$54,904$64,792

Median home value

$128,300$175,900

Median gross rent

$783$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Salem	Yoe
Under 5	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	14.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	22.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	4.7%
75 and over	6.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Salem	Yoe
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	86.5%
Black or African American	7.3%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Salem	Yoe
No high school diploma	2.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Salem	Yoe
Drove alone	88.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Salem	Yoe
1-unit, detached	98.5%	30.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	35.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	New Salem	Yoe
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1971	1969