Ambia vs Otterbein

A side-by-side comparison of Ambia and Otterbein: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Otterbein has the higher population (1,414 vs 184 in Ambia). Otterbein has the higher median household income ($63,676 vs $61,500 in Ambia). Otterbein has the higher median home value ($137,400 vs $55,000 in Ambia).

Population, income & housing

	Ambia	Otterbein
Population	184	1,414
Median age	23.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,500	$63,676
Median home value	$55,000	$137,400
Median gross rent	—	$896
Housing units	57	610
Homeownership rate	78.0%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ambia	Otterbein
Population	255 → 184 (-27.8%)	953 → 1,414 (+48.4%)
Median household income	$53,393 → $61,500 (+15.2%)	$42,250 → $63,676 (+50.7%)
Median home value	$40,000 → $55,000 (+37.5%)	$88,200 → $137,400 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $786 (-4.4%)	$756 → $896 (+18.5%)

Ambia

Population

255184

Median household income

$53,393$61,500

Median home value

$40,000$55,000

Median gross rent

$822$786

Otterbein

Population

9531,414

Median household income

$42,250$63,676

Median home value

$88,200$137,400

Median gross rent

$756$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ambia	Otterbein
Under 5	3.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	41.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	13.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	20.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	17.0%
55 to 64	4.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.3%
75 and over	1.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ambia	Otterbein
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	65.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ambia	Otterbein
No high school diploma	20.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	55.1%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ambia	Otterbein
Drove alone	81.3%	85.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	7.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ambia	Otterbein
1-unit, detached	91.2%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Ambia	Otterbein
Poverty rate	37.5%	5.5%
Average household size	3.68	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1938	1970