Jonesville vs Petersville

A side-by-side comparison of Jonesville and Petersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jonesville has the higher population (165 vs 128 in Petersville). Petersville has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $119,500 in Jonesville). Since 2019, Petersville's population has grown faster (-31.9% vs -33.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesville	Petersville
Population	165	128
Median age	50.7 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,750
Median home value	$119,500	$155,000
Median gross rent	$840	—
Housing units	86	58
Homeownership rate	86.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesville	Petersville
Population	247 → 165 (-33.2%)	188 → 128 (-31.9%)
Median household income	$78,333 → $48,750 (-37.8%)	$42,196 → $73,750 (+74.8%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $119,500 (+37.5%)	$94,100 → $155,000 (+64.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $840 (-18.3%)	—

Jonesville

Population

247165

Median household income

$78,333$48,750

Median home value

$86,900$119,500

Median gross rent

$1,028$840

Petersville

Population

188128

Median household income

$42,196$73,750

Median home value

$94,100$155,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesville	Petersville
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	48.4%
35 to 44	4.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	23.0%	4.7%
55 to 64	18.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	34.4%
75 and over	9.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesville	Petersville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesville	Petersville
No high school diploma	11.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesville	Petersville
Drove alone	93.0%	67.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	32.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesville	Petersville
1-unit, detached	93.0%	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	7.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jonesville	Petersville
Poverty rate	16.4%	11.7%
Average household size	1.96	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1955	1981