Thorntown vs Ulen

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

Thorntown and Ulen 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 147 in Ulen). Ulen has the higher median home value ($437,100 vs $173,400 in Thorntown). Since 2019, Thorntown's population has grown faster (-6.2% vs -23.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Thorntown	Ulen
Population	1,155	147
Median age	34.9 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,875	—
Median home value	$173,400	$437,100
Median gross rent	$871	—
Housing units	495	62
Homeownership rate	69.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thorntown	Ulen
Population	1,231 → 1,155 (-6.2%)	192 → 147 (-23.4%)
Median household income	$50,515 → $69,875 (+38.3%)	$123,750 → $150,833 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $173,400 (+62.4%)	$269,100 → $437,100 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $871 (+10.1%)	—

Thorntown

Population

1,2311,155

Median household income

$50,515$69,875

Median home value

$106,800$173,400

Median gross rent

$791$871

Ulen

Population

192147

Median household income

$123,750$150,833

Median home value

$269,100$437,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thorntown	Ulen
Under 5	6.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	24.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	1.4%
35 to 44	5.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	19.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	8.2%
65 to 74	13.5%	17.0%
75 and over	6.4%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thorntown	Ulen
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thorntown	Ulen
No high school diploma	11.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.4%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thorntown	Ulen
Drove alone	77.5%	88.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Thorntown	Ulen
Poverty rate	9.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1952	1940