Elkhart vs Palestine

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

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

Palestine has the higher population (18,888 vs 1,585 in Elkhart). Elkhart has the higher median household income ($65,071 vs $46,228 in Palestine). Palestine has the higher median home value ($153,400 vs $118,200 in Elkhart).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Palestine
Population	1,585	18,888
Median age	37.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,071	$46,228
Median home value	$118,200	$153,400
Median gross rent	$683	$1,032
Housing units	581	7,891
Homeownership rate	63.8%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Palestine
Population	1,297 → 1,585 (+22.2%)	17,989 → 18,888 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$35,125 → $65,071 (+85.3%)	$37,868 → $46,228 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $118,200 (+34.6%)	$99,400 → $153,400 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $683 (-3.1%)	$774 → $1,032 (+33.3%)

Elkhart

Population

1,2971,585

Median household income

$35,125$65,071

Median home value

$87,800$118,200

Median gross rent

$705$683

Palestine

Population

17,98918,888

Median household income

$37,868$46,228

Median home value

$99,400$153,400

Median gross rent

$774$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart	Palestine
Under 5	5.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	7.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.8%
75 and over	4.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	45.1%
Black or African American	14.4%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Palestine
No high school diploma	16.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	40.4%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Palestine
Drove alone	87.0%	80.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.1%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Palestine
1-unit, detached	68.0%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Palestine
Poverty rate	19.2%	17.5%
Average household size	2.86	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1975	1976