Bristol vs Nappanee

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Nappanee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nappanee has the higher population (7,040 vs 1,903 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median household income ($81,656 vs $66,944 in Nappanee). Nappanee has the higher median home value ($209,000 vs $202,900 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Nappanee
Population	1,903	7,040
Median age	30.7 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,656	$66,944
Median home value	$202,900	$209,000
Median gross rent	$1,073	$876
Housing units	849	2,985
Homeownership rate	81.2%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Nappanee
Population	1,518 → 1,903 (+25.4%)	7,033 → 7,040 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $81,656 (+43.3%)	$55,125 → $66,944 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$141,600 → $202,900 (+43.3%)	$123,200 → $209,000 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,073 (+31.0%)	$829 → $876 (+5.7%)

Bristol

Population

1,5181,903

Median household income

$56,964$81,656

Median home value

$141,600$202,900

Median gross rent

$819$1,073

Nappanee

Population

7,0337,040

Median household income

$55,125$66,944

Median home value

$123,200$209,000

Median gross rent

$829$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Nappanee
Under 5	11.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	13.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	21.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.3%
75 and over	8.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Nappanee
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	75.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Nappanee
No high school diploma	14.5%	16.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Nappanee
Drove alone	55.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	31.4%	19.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Nappanee
1-unit, detached	73.5%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Nappanee
Poverty rate	3.8%	10.9%
Average household size	2.99	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1978	1984