New Palestine vs Wilkinson

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

New Palestine and Wilkinson 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 427 in Wilkinson). New Palestine has the higher median household income ($93,170 vs $63,500 in Wilkinson). New Palestine has the higher median home value ($320,300 vs $132,500 in Wilkinson).

Population, income & housing

	New Palestine	Wilkinson
Population	3,027	427
Median age	42.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,170	$63,500
Median home value	$320,300	$132,500
Median gross rent	$1,200	$850
Housing units	1,242	208
Homeownership rate	79.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Palestine	Wilkinson
Population	2,365 → 3,027 (+28.0%)	413 → 427 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$90,278 → $93,170 (+3.2%)	$54,375 → $63,500 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$202,900 → $320,300 (+57.9%)	$96,000 → $132,500 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,200 (+19.2%)	$956 → $850 (-11.1%)

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

Wilkinson

Population

413427

Median household income

$54,375$63,500

Median home value

$96,000$132,500

Median gross rent

$956$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Palestine	Wilkinson
Under 5	6.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.2%
75 and over	10.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Palestine	Wilkinson
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	89.0%
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%	4.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Palestine	Wilkinson
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	61.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Palestine	Wilkinson
Drove alone	86.2%	88.9%
Carpooled	1.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
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	Wilkinson
1-unit, detached	81.6%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	New Palestine	Wilkinson
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	2000	1956