Boswell vs Otterbein

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

Boswell 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 703 in Boswell). Otterbein has the higher median household income ($63,676 vs $49,091 in Boswell). Otterbein has the higher median home value ($137,400 vs $92,400 in Boswell).

Population, income & housing

	Boswell	Otterbein
Population	703	1,414
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,091	$63,676
Median home value	$92,400	$137,400
Median gross rent	$900	$896
Housing units	305	610
Homeownership rate	69.4%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boswell	Otterbein
Population	736 → 703 (-4.5%)	953 → 1,414 (+48.4%)
Median household income	$40,221 → $49,091 (+22.1%)	$42,250 → $63,676 (+50.7%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $92,400 (+55.0%)	$88,200 → $137,400 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $900 (+27.1%)	$756 → $896 (+18.5%)

Boswell

Population

736703

Median household income

$40,221$49,091

Median home value

$59,600$92,400

Median gross rent

$708$900

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)

	Boswell	Otterbein
Under 5	9.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	13.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	19.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.3%
75 and over	5.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boswell	Otterbein
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	91.4%
Black or African American	6.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boswell	Otterbein
No high school diploma	16.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	43.6%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boswell	Otterbein
Drove alone	73.1%	85.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.0%
Public transit	9.6%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boswell	Otterbein
1-unit, detached	86.6%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Boswell	Otterbein
Poverty rate	32.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1954	1970