Fortville vs New Palestine

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

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

Fortville has the higher population (5,092 vs 3,027 in New Palestine). New Palestine has the higher median household income ($93,170 vs $82,763 in Fortville). New Palestine has the higher median home value ($320,300 vs $240,300 in Fortville).

Population, income & housing

	Fortville	New Palestine
Population	5,092	3,027
Median age	36.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,763	$93,170
Median home value	$240,300	$320,300
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,200
Housing units	1,990	1,242
Homeownership rate	73.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortville	New Palestine
Population	4,574 → 5,092 (+11.3%)	2,365 → 3,027 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$63,785 → $82,763 (+29.8%)	$90,278 → $93,170 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$135,100 → $240,300 (+77.9%)	$202,900 → $320,300 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,094 (+19.8%)	$1,007 → $1,200 (+19.2%)

Fortville

Population

4,5745,092

Median household income

$63,785$82,763

Median home value

$135,100$240,300

Median gross rent

$913$1,094

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)

	Fortville	New Palestine
Under 5	6.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	5.6%	6.1%
75 and over	3.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortville	New Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	96.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortville	New Palestine
No high school diploma	14.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	34.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortville	New Palestine
Drove alone	61.8%	86.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	11.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortville	New Palestine
1-unit, detached	81.4%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fortville	New Palestine
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1986	2000