Newbern vs Petersville

A side-by-side comparison of Newbern and Petersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Newbern and Petersville are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newbern has the higher population (164 vs 128 in Petersville). Newbern has the higher median household income ($108,333 vs $73,750 in Petersville). Newbern has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $155,000 in Petersville).

Population, income & housing

	Newbern	Petersville
Population	164	128
Median age	29.7 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,333	$73,750
Median home value	$170,800	$155,000
Housing units	82	58
Homeownership rate	84.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newbern	Petersville
Population	159 → 164 (+3.1%)	188 → 128 (-31.9%)
Median household income	$103,125 → $108,333 (+5.1%)	$42,196 → $73,750 (+74.8%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $170,800 (+13.9%)	$94,100 → $155,000 (+64.7%)

Newbern

Population

159164

Median household income

$103,125$108,333

Median home value

$150,000$170,800

Petersville

Population

188128

Median household income

$42,196$73,750

Median home value

$94,100$155,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newbern	Petersville
Under 5	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	26.2%	48.4%
35 to 44	0.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	24.4%	4.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	34.4%
75 and over	14.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newbern	Petersville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	88.3%
Black or African American	5.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newbern	Petersville
No high school diploma	8.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	8.5%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	43.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newbern	Petersville
Drove alone	92.9%	67.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	32.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newbern	Petersville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newbern	Petersville
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	47	—
Median year structure built	1964	1981