Eckerty vs Marengo

A side-by-side comparison of Eckerty and Marengo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marengo has the higher population (823 vs 103 in Eckerty). Marengo has the higher median household income ($43,458 vs $35,074 in Eckerty). Since 2019, Eckerty's population has grown faster (+83.9% vs +25.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Eckerty	Marengo
Population	103	823
Median age	64.8 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,074	$43,458
Median home value	—	$87,500
Median gross rent	—	$637
Housing units	59	478
Homeownership rate	76.3%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eckerty	Marengo
Population	56 → 103 (+83.9%)	656 → 823 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$25,625 → $35,074 (+36.9%)	$32,632 → $43,458 (+33.2%)
Median home value	—	$73,000 → $87,500 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $637 (-5.6%)

Eckerty

Population

56103

Median household income

$25,625$35,074

Marengo

Population

656823

Median household income

$32,632$43,458

Median home value

$73,000$87,500

Median gross rent

$675$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eckerty	Marengo
Under 5	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	52.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	41.7%	8.0%
75 and over	5.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eckerty	Marengo
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eckerty	Marengo
No high school diploma	5.8%	19.5%
High school graduate	45.6%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eckerty	Marengo
Drove alone	100.0%	71.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eckerty	Marengo
1-unit, detached	84.7%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Eckerty	Marengo
Poverty rate	19.4%	22.1%
Average household size	1.75	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1976	1967