New Philadelphia vs Palo Alto

A side-by-side comparison of New Philadelphia and Palo Alto: population, income, housing, and more.

New Philadelphia and Palo Alto are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Philadelphia has the higher population (1,008 vs 985 in Palo Alto). Palo Alto has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $45,903 in New Philadelphia). New Philadelphia has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $84,200 in Palo Alto).

Population, income & housing

	New Philadelphia	Palo Alto
Population	1,008	985
Median age	46.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,903	$56,875
Median home value	$84,400	$84,200
Median gross rent	$563	$886
Housing units	598	476
Homeownership rate	74.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Philadelphia	Palo Alto
Population	1,018 → 1,008 (-1.0%)	830 → 985 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $45,903 (-8.2%)	$44,792 → $56,875 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $84,400 (+44.5%)	$75,500 → $84,200 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $563 (-6.2%)	$733 → $886 (+20.9%)

New Philadelphia

Population

1,0181,008

Median household income

$50,000$45,903

Median home value

$58,400$84,400

Median gross rent

$600$563

Palo Alto

Population

830985

Median household income

$44,792$56,875

Median home value

$75,500$84,200

Median gross rent

$733$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Philadelphia	Palo Alto
Under 5	4.9%	9.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.3%
75 and over	11.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Philadelphia	Palo Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Philadelphia	Palo Alto
No high school diploma	6.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	46.8%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Philadelphia	Palo Alto
Drove alone	89.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Philadelphia	Palo Alto
1-unit, detached	33.3%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	44.3%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	New Philadelphia	Palo Alto
Poverty rate	12.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938