New Harmony vs Parkers Settlement

A side-by-side comparison of New Harmony and Parkers Settlement: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Harmony has the higher population (867 vs 573 in Parkers Settlement). Parkers Settlement has the higher median household income ($86,429 vs $50,809 in New Harmony). Parkers Settlement has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $177,400 in New Harmony).

Population, income & housing

	New Harmony	Parkers Settlement
Population	867	573
Median age	47.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,809	$86,429
Median home value	$177,400	$200,000
Median gross rent	$897	—
Housing units	431	238
Homeownership rate	73.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Harmony	Parkers Settlement
Population	719 → 867 (+20.6%)	537 → 573 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$44,750 → $50,809 (+13.5%)	$64,333 → $86,429 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$108,800 → $177,400 (+63.1%)	$133,100 → $200,000 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $897 (-6.7%)	—

New Harmony

Population

719867

Median household income

$44,750$50,809

Median home value

$108,800$177,400

Median gross rent

$961$897

Parkers Settlement

Population

537573

Median household income

$64,333$86,429

Median home value

$133,100$200,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Harmony	Parkers Settlement
Under 5	2.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	8.1%	23.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	20.2%	17.1%
35 to 44	7.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	5.1%	19.7%
65 to 74	14.9%	9.9%
75 and over	19.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Harmony	Parkers Settlement
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	96.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Harmony	Parkers Settlement
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Harmony	Parkers Settlement
Drove alone	89.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	13.7%
Other means	6.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Harmony	Parkers Settlement
1-unit, detached	81.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	New Harmony	Parkers Settlement
Poverty rate	6.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1952	1985