Elizaville vs Thorntown

A side-by-side comparison of Elizaville and Thorntown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thorntown has the higher population (1,155 vs 37 in Elizaville). Since 2019, Elizaville's population has grown faster (+2.8% vs -6.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Elizaville	Thorntown
Population	37	1,155
Median age	57.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$69,875
Median home value	—	$173,400
Median gross rent	—	$871
Housing units	21	495
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.0%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizaville	Thorntown
Population	36 → 37 (+2.8%)	1,231 → 1,155 (-6.2%)
Median household income	—	$50,515 → $69,875 (+38.3%)
Median home value	—	$106,800 → $173,400 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$791 → $871 (+10.1%)

Elizaville

Population

3637

Thorntown

Population

1,2311,155

Median household income

$50,515$69,875

Median home value

$106,800$173,400

Median gross rent

$791$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizaville	Thorntown
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	29.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	24.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	45.9%	13.5%
75 and over	0.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizaville	Thorntown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizaville	Thorntown
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	0.0%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	48.6%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizaville	Thorntown
Drove alone	100.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizaville	Thorntown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Elizaville	Thorntown
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.7%
Average household size	1.76	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	—	1952