New Whiteland vs Trafalgar

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

New Whiteland and Trafalgar 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 1,433 in Trafalgar). New Whiteland has the higher median household income ($89,196 vs $83,214 in Trafalgar). Trafalgar has the higher median home value ($216,400 vs $185,000 in New Whiteland).

Population, income & housing

	New Whiteland	Trafalgar
Population	5,641	1,433
Median age	32.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,196	$83,214
Median home value	$185,000	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,000
Housing units	2,250	574
Homeownership rate	90.0%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Whiteland	Trafalgar
Population	6,051 → 5,641 (-6.8%)	1,148 → 1,433 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$70,975 → $89,196 (+25.7%)	$58,636 → $83,214 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $185,000 (+90.5%)	$125,800 → $216,400 (+72.0%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $1,221 (+38.1%)	$928 → $1,000 (+7.8%)

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

Trafalgar

Population

1,1481,433

Median household income

$58,636$83,214

Median home value

$125,800$216,400

Median gross rent

$928$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Whiteland	Trafalgar
Under 5	5.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	21.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.9%
75 and over	6.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Whiteland	Trafalgar
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Whiteland	Trafalgar
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	34.0%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Whiteland	Trafalgar
Drove alone	73.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Whiteland	Trafalgar
1-unit, detached	98.6%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	New Whiteland	Trafalgar
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1974	1997