Indianola vs Muncie

A side-by-side comparison of Indianola and Muncie: population, income, housing, and more.

Indianola and Muncie are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Indianola has the higher population (207 vs 144 in Muncie). Muncie has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $42,125 in Indianola). Muncie has the higher median home value ($76,700 vs $61,000 in Indianola).

Population, income & housing

	Indianola	Muncie
Population	207	144
Median age	54.9 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,125	$78,750
Median home value	$61,000	$76,700
Housing units	86	76
Homeownership rate	88.0%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	25.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianola	Muncie
Population	220 → 207 (-5.9%)	122 → 144 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $42,125 (-28.3%)	$43,250 → $78,750 (+82.1%)
Median home value	$46,900 → $61,000 (+30.1%)	$55,000 → $76,700 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $725 (+13.6%)	$625 → $725 (+16.0%)

Indianola

Population

220207

Median household income

$58,750$42,125

Median home value

$46,900$61,000

Median gross rent

$638$725

Muncie

Population

122144

Median household income

$43,250$78,750

Median home value

$55,000$76,700

Median gross rent

$625$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indianola	Muncie
Under 5	2.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	7.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	28.5%
75 and over	18.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianola	Muncie
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianola	Muncie
No high school diploma	12.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	62.7%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianola	Muncie
Drove alone	81.8%	96.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianola	Muncie
1-unit, detached	91.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Indianola	Muncie
Poverty rate	20.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1960	1942