Borden vs New Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Borden and New Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Borden has the higher population (880 vs 432 in New Washington). New Washington has the higher median household income ($84,141 vs $70,750 in Borden). New Washington has the higher median home value ($193,000 vs $167,100 in Borden).

Population, income & housing

	Borden	New Washington
Population	880	432
Median age	30.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,750	$84,141
Median home value	$167,100	$193,000
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	376	185
Homeownership rate	78.4%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Borden	New Washington
Population	1,244 → 880 (-29.3%)	720 → 432 (-40.0%)
Median household income	$43,667 → $70,750 (+62.0%)	$49,097 → $84,141 (+71.4%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $167,100 (+38.4%)	$126,300 → $193,000 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $850 (+14.9%)	—

Borden

Population

1,244880

Median household income

$43,667$70,750

Median home value

$120,700$167,100

Median gross rent

$740$850

New Washington

Population

720432

Median household income

$49,097$84,141

Median home value

$126,300$193,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Borden	New Washington
Under 5	11.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	15.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	18.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.8%
75 and over	4.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Borden	New Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Borden	New Washington
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Borden	New Washington
Drove alone	87.5%	80.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	19.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Borden	New Washington
1-unit, detached	83.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Borden	New Washington
Poverty rate	7.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1991	1961