New Palestine vs Shirley

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

New Palestine and Shirley 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 1,026 in Shirley). New Palestine has the higher median household income ($93,170 vs $66,429 in Shirley). New Palestine has the higher median home value ($320,300 vs $103,700 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	New Palestine	Shirley
Population	3,027	1,026
Median age	42.9 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,170	$66,429
Median home value	$320,300	$103,700
Median gross rent	$1,200	$513
Housing units	1,242	400
Homeownership rate	79.0%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Palestine	Shirley
Population	2,365 → 3,027 (+28.0%)	952 → 1,026 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$90,278 → $93,170 (+3.2%)	$55,040 → $66,429 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$202,900 → $320,300 (+57.9%)	$78,200 → $103,700 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,200 (+19.2%)	$745 → $513 (-31.1%)

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

Shirley

Population

9521,026

Median household income

$55,040$66,429

Median home value

$78,200$103,700

Median gross rent

$745$513

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Palestine	Shirley
Under 5	6.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	27.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	5.4%
75 and over	10.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Palestine	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	97.3%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Palestine	Shirley
No high school diploma	3.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	31.6%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Palestine	Shirley
Drove alone	86.2%	90.7%
Carpooled	1.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Palestine	Shirley
1-unit, detached	81.6%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	New Palestine	Shirley
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	2000	1956