Mentone vs Palestine

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

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

Palestine has the higher population (925 vs 793 in Mentone). Palestine has the higher median household income ($89,924 vs $63,636 in Mentone). Palestine has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $104,300 in Mentone).

Population, income & housing

	Mentone	Palestine
Population	793	925
Median age	41.9 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,636	$89,924
Median home value	$104,300	$134,900
Median gross rent	$797	$1,086
Housing units	416	337
Homeownership rate	71.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentone	Palestine
Population	1,239 → 793 (-36.0%)	946 → 925 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$57,361 → $63,636 (+10.9%)	$64,306 → $89,924 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $104,300 (+25.7%)	$130,700 → $134,900 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $797 (+17.0%)	—

Mentone

Population

1,239793

Median household income

$57,361$63,636

Median home value

$83,000$104,300

Median gross rent

$681$797

Palestine

Population

946925

Median household income

$64,306$89,924

Median home value

$130,700$134,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentone	Palestine
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	39.4%
18 to 24	15.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	5.7%
75 and over	7.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentone	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentone	Palestine
No high school diploma	18.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	43.0%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentone	Palestine
Drove alone	81.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	17.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentone	Palestine
1-unit, detached	76.2%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Mentone	Palestine
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.12	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1947	1981