Elizabeth vs New Amsterdam

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabeth and New Amsterdam: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elizabeth has the higher population (126 vs 88 in New Amsterdam). New Amsterdam has the higher median household income ($108,594 vs $84,750 in Elizabeth). Elizabeth has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $95,200 in New Amsterdam).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabeth	New Amsterdam
Population	126	88
Median age	38.8 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,750	$108,594
Median home value	$127,500	$95,200
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	58	27
Homeownership rate	86.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabeth	New Amsterdam
Population	156 → 126 (-19.2%)	15 → 88 (+486.7%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $84,750 (+79.6%)	$68,125 → $108,594 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $127,500 (+30.8%)	$86,400 → $95,200 (+10.2%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,125 (+45.2%)	—

Elizabeth

Population

156126

Median household income

$47,188$84,750

Median home value

$97,500$127,500

Median gross rent

$775$1,125

New Amsterdam

Population

1588

Median household income

$68,125$108,594

Median home value

$86,400$95,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabeth	New Amsterdam
Under 5	8.7%	1.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	37.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	54.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	4.5%
75 and over	7.9%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabeth	New Amsterdam
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabeth	New Amsterdam
No high school diploma	11.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabeth	New Amsterdam
Drove alone	84.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabeth	New Amsterdam
1-unit, detached	93.1%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Elizabeth	New Amsterdam
Poverty rate	3.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.93	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	37	—
Median year structure built	1952	1938