Edinburgh vs New Whiteland

A side-by-side comparison of Edinburgh and New Whiteland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Whiteland has the higher population (5,641 vs 4,191 in Edinburgh). New Whiteland has the higher median household income ($89,196 vs $56,406 in Edinburgh). New Whiteland has the higher median home value ($185,000 vs $145,400 in Edinburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Edinburgh	New Whiteland
Population	4,191	5,641
Median age	39.6 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,406	$89,196
Median home value	$145,400	$185,000
Median gross rent	$807	$1,221
Housing units	2,008	2,250
Homeownership rate	54.2%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edinburgh	New Whiteland
Population	4,792 → 4,191 (-12.5%)	6,051 → 5,641 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$50,200 → $56,406 (+12.4%)	$70,975 → $89,196 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $145,400 (+52.4%)	$97,100 → $185,000 (+90.5%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $807 (+9.5%)	$884 → $1,221 (+38.1%)

Edinburgh

Population

4,7924,191

Median household income

$50,200$56,406

Median home value

$95,400$145,400

Median gross rent

$737$807

New Whiteland

Population

6,0515,641

Median household income

$70,975$89,196

Median home value

$97,100$185,000

Median gross rent

$884$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edinburgh	New Whiteland
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	21.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.9%
75 and over	6.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edinburgh	New Whiteland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
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	2.1%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edinburgh	New Whiteland
No high school diploma	11.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	40.8%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edinburgh	New Whiteland
Drove alone	62.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	17.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	19.3%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edinburgh	New Whiteland
1-unit, detached	62.0%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edinburgh	New Whiteland
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1965	1974