Thorntown vs Zionsville

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

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

Zionsville has the higher population (31,442 vs 1,155 in Thorntown). Zionsville has the higher median household income ($159,126 vs $69,875 in Thorntown). Zionsville has the higher median home value ($543,800 vs $173,400 in Thorntown).

Population, income & housing

	Thorntown	Zionsville
Population	1,155	31,442
Median age	34.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,875	$159,126
Median home value	$173,400	$543,800
Median gross rent	$871	$1,635
Housing units	495	11,927
Homeownership rate	69.7%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	71.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thorntown	Zionsville
Population	1,231 → 1,155 (-6.2%)	27,463 → 31,442 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$50,515 → $69,875 (+38.3%)	$137,377 → $159,126 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $173,400 (+62.4%)	$385,700 → $543,800 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $871 (+10.1%)	$1,305 → $1,635 (+25.3%)

Thorntown

Population

1,2311,155

Median household income

$50,515$69,875

Median home value

$106,800$173,400

Median gross rent

$791$871

Zionsville

Population

27,46331,442

Median household income

$137,377$159,126

Median home value

$385,700$543,800

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thorntown	Zionsville
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	5.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	17.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	8.8%
75 and over	6.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thorntown	Zionsville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thorntown	Zionsville
No high school diploma	11.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	41.4%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	32.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thorntown	Zionsville
Drove alone	77.5%	69.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.6%	25.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thorntown	Zionsville
1-unit, detached	79.0%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Thorntown	Zionsville
Poverty rate	9.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1952	1998