Barbee vs Palestine

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

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

Barbee has the higher population (1,298 vs 925 in Palestine). Palestine has the higher median household income ($89,924 vs $65,625 in Barbee). Barbee has the higher median home value ($202,100 vs $134,900 in Palestine).

Population, income & housing

	Barbee	Palestine
Population	1,298	925
Median age	40.4 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$89,924
Median home value	$202,100	$134,900
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,086
Housing units	841	337
Homeownership rate	88.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbee	Palestine
Population	1,104 → 1,298 (+17.6%)	946 → 925 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$53,004 → $65,625 (+23.8%)	$64,306 → $89,924 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$168,500 → $202,100 (+19.9%)	$130,700 → $134,900 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,121 → $1,338 (+19.4%)	—

Barbee

Population

1,1041,298

Median household income

$53,004$65,625

Median home value

$168,500$202,100

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,338

Palestine

Population

946925

Median household income

$64,306$89,924

Median home value

$130,700$134,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbee	Palestine
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.6%	39.4%
18 to 24	1.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	17.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	5.7%
75 and over	6.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbee	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
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	4.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbee	Palestine
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	54.0%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbee	Palestine
Drove alone	94.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbee	Palestine
1-unit, detached	80.5%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Barbee	Palestine
Poverty rate	6.2%	4.4%
Average household size	2.74	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1967	1981