Michigantown vs Rossville

A side-by-side comparison of Michigantown and Rossville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rossville has the higher population (1,601 vs 470 in Michigantown). Michigantown has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $68,657 in Rossville). Rossville has the higher median home value ($177,200 vs $125,000 in Michigantown).

Population, income & housing

	Michigantown	Rossville
Population	470	1,601
Median age	30.0 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$68,657
Median home value	$125,000	$177,200
Median gross rent	$963	$1,017
Housing units	197	599
Homeownership rate	67.8%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Michigantown	Rossville
Population	592 → 470 (-20.6%)	1,544 → 1,601 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$62,784 → $73,214 (+16.6%)	$51,935 → $68,657 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $125,000 (+43.7%)	$120,900 → $177,200 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $963 (+21.0%)	$885 → $1,017 (+14.9%)

Michigantown

Population

592470

Median household income

$62,784$73,214

Median home value

$87,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$796$963

Rossville

Population

1,5441,601

Median household income

$51,935$68,657

Median home value

$120,900$177,200

Median gross rent

$885$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Michigantown	Rossville
Under 5	11.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	5.9%
75 and over	4.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Michigantown	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Michigantown	Rossville
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	56.8%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Michigantown	Rossville
Drove alone	81.0%	82.9%
Carpooled	12.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Michigantown	Rossville
1-unit, detached	87.3%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Michigantown	Rossville
Poverty rate	14.7%	9.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1946	1981