Thorntown vs Whitestown

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

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

Whitestown has the higher population (11,276 vs 1,155 in Thorntown). Whitestown has the higher median household income ($118,884 vs $69,875 in Thorntown). Whitestown has the higher median home value ($343,900 vs $173,400 in Thorntown).

Population, income & housing

	Thorntown	Whitestown
Population	1,155	11,276
Median age	34.9 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,875	$118,884
Median home value	$173,400	$343,900
Median gross rent	$871	$1,714
Housing units	495	4,286
Homeownership rate	69.7%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thorntown	Whitestown
Population	1,231 → 1,155 (-6.2%)	8,312 → 11,276 (+35.7%)
Median household income	$50,515 → $69,875 (+38.3%)	$85,000 → $118,884 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $173,400 (+62.4%)	$225,000 → $343,900 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $871 (+10.1%)	$1,317 → $1,714 (+30.1%)

Thorntown

Population

1,2311,155

Median household income

$50,515$69,875

Median home value

$106,800$173,400

Median gross rent

$791$871

Whitestown

Population

8,31211,276

Median household income

$85,000$118,884

Median home value

$225,000$343,900

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thorntown	Whitestown
Under 5	6.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	24.3%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	20.2%
35 to 44	5.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	4.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	4.1%
75 and over	6.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thorntown	Whitestown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thorntown	Whitestown
No high school diploma	11.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	41.4%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	41.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thorntown	Whitestown
Drove alone	77.5%	73.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	18.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thorntown	Whitestown
1-unit, detached	79.0%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Thorntown	Whitestown
Poverty rate	9.7%	3.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1952	2013