Charlottesville vs New Palestine

A side-by-side comparison of Charlottesville and New Palestine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Palestine has the higher population (3,027 vs 403 in Charlottesville). New Palestine has the higher median home value ($320,300 vs $210,400 in Charlottesville). Since 2019, New Palestine's population has grown faster (+28.0% vs +6.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Charlottesville	New Palestine
Population	403	3,027
Median age	60.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$93,170
Median home value	$210,400	$320,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,200
Housing units	180	1,242
Homeownership rate	58.3%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlottesville	New Palestine
Population	378 → 403 (+6.6%)	2,365 → 3,027 (+28.0%)
Median household income	—	$90,278 → $93,170 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$142,000 → $210,400 (+48.2%)	$202,900 → $320,300 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,007 → $1,200 (+19.2%)

Charlottesville

Population

378403

Median home value

$142,000$210,400

New Palestine

Population

2,3653,027

Median household income

$90,278$93,170

Median home value

$202,900$320,300

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlottesville	New Palestine
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	1.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	18.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	2.7%	16.6%
55 to 64	21.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	26.1%	6.1%
75 and over	9.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlottesville	New Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlottesville	New Palestine
No high school diploma	17.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	34.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlottesville	New Palestine
Drove alone	82.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	11.0%
Other means	10.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlottesville	New Palestine
1-unit, detached	69.4%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	30.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlottesville	New Palestine
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	40	31
Median year structure built	1990	2000