New Palestine vs Philadelphia

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

New Palestine and Philadelphia 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 381 in Philadelphia). New Palestine has the higher median home value ($320,300 vs $200,700 in Philadelphia). Since 2019, New Palestine's population has grown faster (+28.0% vs -37.5%).

Population, income & housing

	New Palestine	Philadelphia
Population	3,027	381
Median age	42.9 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,170	—
Median home value	$320,300	$200,700
Median gross rent	$1,200	—
Housing units	1,242	157
Homeownership rate	79.0%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Palestine	Philadelphia
Population	2,365 → 3,027 (+28.0%)	610 → 381 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$90,278 → $93,170 (+3.2%)	—
Median home value	$202,900 → $320,300 (+57.9%)	$154,200 → $200,700 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,200 (+19.2%)	—

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

Philadelphia

Population

610381

Median home value

$154,200$200,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Palestine	Philadelphia
Under 5	6.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	27.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	31.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	23.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	3.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	5.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	4.7%
75 and over	10.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Palestine	Philadelphia
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	39.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	18.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	42.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Palestine	Philadelphia
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Palestine	Philadelphia
Drove alone	86.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Palestine	Philadelphia
1-unit, detached	81.6%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	52.2%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Palestine	Philadelphia
Poverty rate	5.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	2000	1938