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New Salem city, Morton County, ND

904 Population
1.4 square miles 652.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±8.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Morton County: 37.7 ±1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Dakota: 35.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,348 ±$4,216 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Morton County: $45,337 † ±$4,853
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Dakota: $42,474 ±$499
$69,750 ±$13,313 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Morton County: $79,483 † ±$8,023
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Dakota: $75,949 ±$1,002

5.8% ±2.8% (46  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Morton County: 7% † 2,297 (±2% / ±646)
  • about half the rate in North Dakota: 10.6% 79,628 (±0.4% / ±3,136)

25.6 minutes ±3.9 (10,395  ±3,184) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Morton County: 20.3 345,280 (±1.1 / ±23,038)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Dakota: 18 6,753,895 (±0.3 / ±116,740)

Families

329 ±79 Number of households
  • Morton County: 13,529 ±407
  • North Dakota: 325,079 ±1,663
2.5 ±0.2 (809  ±206) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Morton County: 2.4 32,812 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Dakota: 2.3 751,761

9.7% ±7.7% (19  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Morton County: 7.1% † 534 (±2.6% / ±197)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Dakota: 6.4% 11,181 (±0.4% / ±757)

Housing

433 ±100 Number of housing units
  • Morton County: 15,334 ±53
  • North Dakota: 374,866 ±238

$173,400 ±$13,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Morton County: $249,600 ±$13,072
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Dakota: $241,100 ±$2,406

15% ±7.9% (133  ±76.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Morton County: 9.6% † 3,157 (±2.2% / ±739.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 16.4% 125,799 (±0.5% / ±4,121.9)

Social

92.5% ±26.9% (605  ±115.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Morton County: 94.5% 21,783 (±4.9% / ±1,133.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 93.8% 477,731 (±0.9% / ±4,816.4)
18.4% ±7% (120  ±52.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Morton County: 29.3% 6,746 (±2.7% / ±632.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Dakota: 32.3% 164,378 (±0.6% / ±2,956.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.3% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Morton County: 1% 348
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 4.5% 34,813

6.1% ±3.6% (41  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Morton County: 8% † 2,037 (±1.3% / ±335)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 7.4% 43,237 (±0.2% / ±1,422)
41 Total veterans ±26 41 Male ±26 N/A Female ±10

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