Onward vs Young America

A side-by-side comparison of Onward and Young America: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Young America has the higher population (298 vs 155 in Onward). Onward has the higher median household income ($59,107 vs $51,667 in Young America). Since 2019, Onward's population has grown faster (+55.0% vs -0.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Onward	Young America
Population	155	298
Median age	36.5 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,107	$51,667
Median home value	—	$109,900
Housing units	50	104
Homeownership rate	91.8%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onward	Young America
Population	100 → 155 (+55.0%)	300 → 298 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$39,464 → $59,107 (+49.8%)	$47,596 → $51,667 (+8.6%)
Median home value	—	$106,500 → $109,900 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $475 (+9.7%)	—

Onward

Population

100155

Median household income

$39,464$59,107

Median gross rent

$433$475

Young America

Population

300298

Median household income

$47,596$51,667

Median home value

$106,500$109,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onward	Young America
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.4%	27.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	26.5%
25 to 34	6.5%	17.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	6.7%
45 to 54	18.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	8.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	0.0%
75 and over	9.7%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onward	Young America
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	64.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onward	Young America
No high school diploma	25.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	35.4%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onward	Young America
Drove alone	91.8%	70.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	29.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onward	Young America
1-unit, detached	94.0%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Onward	Young America
Poverty rate	1.9%	33.2%
Average household size	3.16	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1938	1957