Berne vs Geneva

A side-by-side comparison of Berne and Geneva: population, income, housing, and more.

Berne and Geneva are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berne has the higher population (3,906 vs 1,267 in Geneva). Berne has the higher median household income ($59,413 vs $52,813 in Geneva). Berne has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $127,400 in Geneva).

Population, income & housing

	Berne	Geneva
Population	3,906	1,267
Median age	38.9 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,413	$52,813
Median home value	$145,600	$127,400
Median gross rent	$735	$643
Housing units	1,588	609
Homeownership rate	70.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berne	Geneva
Population	4,235 → 3,906 (-7.8%)	1,312 → 1,267 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$45,185 → $59,413 (+31.5%)	$45,962 → $52,813 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $145,600 (+44.2%)	$87,000 → $127,400 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $735 (+38.7%)	$640 → $643 (+0.5%)

Berne

Population

4,2353,906

Median household income

$45,185$59,413

Median home value

$101,000$145,600

Median gross rent

$530$735

Geneva

Population

1,3121,267

Median household income

$45,962$52,813

Median home value

$87,000$127,400

Median gross rent

$640$643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berne	Geneva
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	19.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.0%
75 and over	11.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berne	Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berne	Geneva
No high school diploma	5.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	50.4%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berne	Geneva
Drove alone	79.8%	87.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berne	Geneva
1-unit, detached	69.5%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	8.7%
20 or more units	11.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Berne	Geneva
Poverty rate	10.7%	23.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1974	1971