New SalemPA
A town of 364, settled in 1818.
Is New Salem a good place to live?
New Salem has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes New Salem stand out
Where New Salem beats most towns.
364 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to New Salem: who provides what
New Salem is unincorporated, so Fayette County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in New Salem.
A larger share of households in New Salem live in a home they own than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
The typical New Salem home is worth about $88,000, down 4.9% in a year, 69% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The average trip to work in New Salem is shorter than in most of Pennsylvania or the rest of the country
Jobs in New Salem fell by 46 from 2013 to 2023, to 587. The share of working residents in New Salem who work locally: 1.5%. The median commute is under 15 miles. The top destinations are Uniontown (12%), North Union Township (9%) and South Union Township (9%).
| New Salem | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 11 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in New Salem
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 22°, with about 28 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy New Salem is
New Salem: 81% of adults had a checkup this year. 18% of New Salem adults smoke cigarettes.
| New Salem | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | New Salem | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.6% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 18.4% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards: moderate risk in New Salem, mostly inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 86% of New Salem’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 6% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fallingwater and 64 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Salem. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
32 mi Theme parkKennywood
37 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
37 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
10 mi National BattlefieldFort Necessity National Battlefield226K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0
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Everything we know about New Salem
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of New Salem
About 0 of every 100 New Salem residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Every workday, about 584 people come to New Salem for work
Where New Salem’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about New Salem
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is New Salem, PA a good place to live?
New Salem has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.