New Washington vs Underwood

A side-by-side comparison of New Washington and Underwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Underwood has the higher population (1,140 vs 432 in New Washington). New Washington has the higher median household income ($84,141 vs $61,818 in Underwood). New Washington has the higher median home value ($193,000 vs $181,300 in Underwood).

Population, income & housing

	New Washington	Underwood
Population	432	1,140
Median age	43.9 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,141	$61,818
Median home value	$193,000	$181,300
Housing units	185	320
Homeownership rate	84.4%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Washington	Underwood
Population	720 → 432 (-40.0%)	1,074 → 1,140 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$49,097 → $84,141 (+71.4%)	$68,750 → $61,818 (-10.1%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $193,000 (+52.8%)	$138,000 → $181,300 (+31.4%)

New Washington

Population

720432

Median household income

$49,097$84,141

Median home value

$126,300$193,000

Underwood

Population

1,0741,140

Median household income

$68,750$61,818

Median home value

$138,000$181,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Washington	Underwood
Under 5	4.4%	22.5%
5 to 17	10.6%	22.4%
18 to 24	15.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	18.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	3.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.1%
75 and over	5.3%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Washington	Underwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Washington	Underwood
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Washington	Underwood
Drove alone	80.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	19.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Washington	Underwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.2%
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%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	New Washington	Underwood
Poverty rate	5.8%	3.9%
Average household size	2.94	3.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1961	1978