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New Salem CDP, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
New Salem CDP is a Census CDP of 364 people across 1.16 square miles of land, in Fayette County. Median household income is $84,250, 100.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
52 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches New Salem through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 364 with a margin of error of plus or minus 217, which is 59.6 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
New Salem
What New Salem is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.16 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land314 plus or minus 187
- County holding the largest share of its areaFayette County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Salem
How many people live in New Salem
- Population364 plus or minus 217
- Median age64.5 plus or minus 19.5
- Population under 1837 plus or minus 48
- Share under 1810.2 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Population 65 and over169 plus or minus 113
- Share 65 and over46.4 percent plus or minus 14.1
- Households140 plus or minus 81
- Family households131 plus or minus 85
- Share of households that are families93.6 percent plus or minus 27.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Salem
Income and work in New Salem
- Median household income$84,250 plus or minus $61,770
- Per capita income$32,650
- Civilian labor force156 plus or minus 135
- Employed138 plus or minus 133
- Unemployed18 plus or minus 20
- Unemployment rate11.5 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Adults 25 and over302 plus or minus 207
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.7 percent plus or minus 81.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher3.3 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.3 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Salem
Housing in New Salem
- Housing units140 plus or minus 81
- Occupied units140 plus or minus 81
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied140 plus or minus 81
- Renter occupied0
- Ownership rate100.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$159,300
- Single family units140 plus or minus 82
- Share single family100.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Salem
How New Salem gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute138 plus or minus 133
- Commuting under 15 minutes110 plus or minus 130
- Share commuting under 15 minutes79.7 percent plus or minus 54.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more28 plus or minus 32
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.3 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Drove alone94.2 percent plus or minus 30.1
- Carpooled5.8 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Salem
Flood risk in New Salem
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number422743
- Currently effective map date12/16/15(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Fayette County, not New Salem
Fayette County context, not New Salem figures
These are Fayette County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as New Salem measurements.
- Establishments in Fayette County2,485
- Employment at those establishments, Fayette County31,590
- Covered employment, Fayette County37,892
- Average annual pay, Fayette County$51,069
- Average weekly wage, Fayette County$982
- Housing units permitted, Fayette County189
- Of those, single family, Fayette County189
- County product, 2024, Fayette County$5,442,345,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fayette County0.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fayette County$48,762
Every figure in this section is published for Fayette County as a whole and is not a measurement of New Salem. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
New Salem questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in New Salem, Pennsylvania?
364, in 140 households. New Salem CDP covers 1.16 square miles of land, which is 314 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is New Salem in?
Fayette County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in New Salem?
$84,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $159,300. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is New Salem in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. New Salem appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 422743, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page New Salem figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fayette County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of New Salem.
Is zoning published for New Salem?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.