PalestineIN
Home to 1,085 people, the town was settled in 1839.
Is Palestine a good place to live?
Palestine’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 13 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns score lower on walkability. Palestine's schools rank ahead of 71% of Indiana towns. On cost of living, just 22 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do better. Palestine has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Palestine stand out
Where Palestine beats most towns.
1,085 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Palestine grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Palestine is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Palestine: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Palestine, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Palestine.
Palestine has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Palestine’s FEMA risk score is 15 of 100, below both the Indiana town median (38 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 36% come from inland flooding and 23% from tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Palestine sends most of its workers out of town
Palestine’s median household income is $92,000, against $71,000 in Indiana’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns, though 4.5% of Palestine residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Warsaw (27%), Fort Wayne (5%) and Mentone (4%). For half of commuters, work is under 12 miles away.
| Palestine | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Palestine has four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 17°, with about 32 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Palestine
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Palestine
About 1 of every 100 Palestine residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
100% of working residents leave Palestine for work
Where Palestine’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Palestine
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Palestine, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.