Greenfield vs New Palestine

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

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

Greenfield has the higher population (24,308 vs 3,027 in New Palestine). New Palestine has the higher median household income ($93,170 vs $74,949 in Greenfield). New Palestine has the higher median home value ($320,300 vs $205,800 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	New Palestine
Population	24,308	3,027
Median age	38.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,949	$93,170
Median home value	$205,800	$320,300
Median gross rent	$1,128	$1,200
Housing units	10,402	1,242
Homeownership rate	61.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	New Palestine
Population	22,160 → 24,308 (+9.7%)	2,365 → 3,027 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$53,270 → $74,949 (+40.7%)	$90,278 → $93,170 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $205,800 (+48.1%)	$202,900 → $320,300 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,128 (+30.1%)	$1,007 → $1,200 (+19.2%)

Greenfield

Population

22,16024,308

Median household income

$53,270$74,949

Median home value

$139,000$205,800

Median gross rent

$867$1,128

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)

	Greenfield	New Palestine
Under 5	5.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.1%
75 and over	8.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	New Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	96.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	New Palestine
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	33.6%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	New Palestine
Drove alone	80.6%	86.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	11.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	New Palestine
1-unit, detached	68.7%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	New Palestine
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1993	2000