Whitestown vs Zionsville

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

Whitestown 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 11,276 in Whitestown). Zionsville has the higher median household income ($159,126 vs $118,884 in Whitestown). Zionsville has the higher median home value ($543,800 vs $343,900 in Whitestown).

Population, income & housing

	Whitestown	Zionsville
Population	11,276	31,442
Median age	30.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$118,884	$159,126
Median home value	$343,900	$543,800
Median gross rent	$1,714	$1,635
Housing units	4,286	11,927
Homeownership rate	69.9%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	71.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whitestown	Zionsville
Population	8,312 → 11,276 (+35.7%)	27,463 → 31,442 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$85,000 → $118,884 (+39.9%)	$137,377 → $159,126 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $343,900 (+52.8%)	$385,700 → $543,800 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $1,714 (+30.1%)	$1,305 → $1,635 (+25.3%)

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

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)

	Whitestown	Zionsville
Under 5	9.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	20.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	4.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	4.1%	8.8%
75 and over	3.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whitestown	Zionsville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	86.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whitestown	Zionsville
No high school diploma	3.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	8.9%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	41.0%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	32.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whitestown	Zionsville
Drove alone	73.9%	69.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.1%	25.2%
Other means	2.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whitestown	Zionsville
1-unit, detached	75.0%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	8.6%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Whitestown	Zionsville
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.75	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	2013	1998