Birdseye vs Ferdinand

A side-by-side comparison of Birdseye and Ferdinand: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ferdinand has the higher population (2,346 vs 325 in Birdseye). Ferdinand has the higher median household income ($74,943 vs $54,861 in Birdseye). Ferdinand has the higher median home value ($172,700 vs $87,100 in Birdseye).

Population, income & housing

	Birdseye	Ferdinand
Population	325	2,346
Median age	31.6 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,861	$74,943
Median home value	$87,100	$172,700
Median gross rent	$425	$861
Housing units	124	1,047
Homeownership rate	74.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birdseye	Ferdinand
Population	529 → 325 (-38.6%)	2,065 → 2,346 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$46,023 → $54,861 (+19.2%)	$58,688 → $74,943 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $87,100 (+5.7%)	$136,000 → $172,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $425 (-28.2%)	$715 → $861 (+20.4%)

Birdseye

Population

529325

Median household income

$46,023$54,861

Median home value

$82,400$87,100

Median gross rent

$592$425

Ferdinand

Population

2,0652,346

Median household income

$58,688$74,943

Median home value

$136,000$172,700

Median gross rent

$715$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birdseye	Ferdinand
Under 5	8.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.3%
75 and over	6.5%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birdseye	Ferdinand
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birdseye	Ferdinand
No high school diploma	14.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	64.5%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birdseye	Ferdinand
Drove alone	77.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	19.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.8%
Other means	1.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birdseye	Ferdinand
1-unit, detached	53.2%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Birdseye	Ferdinand
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1973	1969