Martinsburg vs New Pekin

A side-by-side comparison of Martinsburg and New Pekin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Pekin has the higher population (1,377 vs 150 in Martinsburg). New Pekin has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $99,800 in Martinsburg). Since 2019, Martinsburg's population has grown faster (+11.9% vs -5.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Martinsburg	New Pekin
Population	150	1,377
Median age	30.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,500
Median home value	$99,800	$116,000
Median gross rent	—	$837
Housing units	79	667
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinsburg	New Pekin
Population	134 → 150 (+11.9%)	1,458 → 1,377 (-5.6%)
Median household income	—	$42,669 → $50,500 (+18.4%)
Median home value	—	$92,900 → $116,000 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$644 → $837 (+30.0%)

Martinsburg

Population

134150

New Pekin

Population

1,4581,377

Median household income

$42,669$50,500

Median home value

$92,900$116,000

Median gross rent

$644$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martinsburg	New Pekin
Under 5	30.7%	7.8%
5 to 17	12.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	37.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.7%
75 and over	0.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinsburg	New Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinsburg	New Pekin
No high school diploma	10.5%	16.3%
High school graduate	52.3%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinsburg	New Pekin
Drove alone	100.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinsburg	New Pekin
1-unit, detached	100.0%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Martinsburg	New Pekin
Poverty rate	0.0%	21.3%
Average household size	3.66	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1938	1976