Household incomes in Palestine are higher than in 70% of U.S. towns
4.5% of residents are in poverty, against 12.3% across Indiana. Jobs and income earn Palestine B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. 0% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Palestine’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Palestine’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Palestine’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Palestine could be anywhere from C to A.
Who commutes out of Palestine, and who commutes in
On a workday 150 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Palestine on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
27% of working residents work in Warsaw
Where Palestine clocks in
27% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Palestine spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palestine workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 468 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Palestine goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Palestine commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palestine is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Palestine near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 468 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Palestine households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Palestine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Palestine ranks 619th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 617 | Forest Township MN | 1,377 | $126K | 10.4% | 4.2% | <1% | B+ |
| 618 | Winfield Township NJ | 1,450 | $64K | 8.5% | 8.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 619 | Palestine IN | 1,085 | $92K | 4.5% | 5.3% | 0% | B+ |
| 620 | Camden NC | 1,115 | $94K | 1.1% | 9.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 621 | Green Township IN | 1,028 | $97K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Palestine, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Palestine: questions
What is the median household income in Palestine?
$91,653 (±$43,260) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palestine?
4.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palestine?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palestine work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (27%, 7 mi), Fort Wayne (5%, 42 mi), Mentone (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palestine walkable?
Palestine is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palestine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palestine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palestine
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.