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Population (year 2000): 648. Estimated
population in July 2005: 640 (-1.2% change)
Males: 320 (49.4%), Females: 328 (50.6%)
Zip code:
15468
Median resident age: 41.1 years
Median household income: $51,944 (year 2000)
Median house value: $118,000 (year 2000)
Races in New Salem:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.5%)
- Chinese (1.7%)
Ancestries: German (46.6%), Irish (7.9%), United
States (7.7%), English (6.5%), Dutch (3.4%), French (2.5%).
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in New Salem
- High school or higher: 81.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
- Unemployed: 1.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in New Salem borough
- Never married: 20.3%
- Now married: 62.4%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 7.2%
- Divorced: 9.1%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -27 (-4.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near New Salem:
- HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSP YORK (about 5 miles;
YORK, PA)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL YORK (about 7 miles; YORK, PA)
- HANOVER GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; HANOVER,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to New
Salem:
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 20 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
- LANCASTER (about 39 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTL (about 52 miles;
BALTIMORE, MD; ID: BWI)
Other public-use airports nearest to New Salem:
- YORK (about 6 miles; YORK, PA; ID: THV)
- SHOESTRING AVIATION AIRFIELD (about 14 miles;
STEWARTSTOWN, PA; ID: 0P2)
- KAMPEL (about 15 miles; WELLSVILLE, PA; ID: 2N5)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
New Salem:
- YORK COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA (about 16 miles; YORK, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 4,541)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 21 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
- MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 23 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,761)
- WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE (about 27 miles;
WESTMINSTER, MD; FT enrollment: 2,245)
- HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about
29 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,653)
- GETTYSBURG COLLEGE (about 31 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,216)
- MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 31
miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 6,384)
Public primary/middle school in New Salem:
- CARDALE EL SCH (Students: 316; Grades: KG -
06)
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