Bristol vs Wakarusa

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

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

Wakarusa has the higher population (2,519 vs 1,903 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median household income ($81,656 vs $76,008 in Wakarusa). Bristol has the higher median home value ($202,900 vs $202,400 in Wakarusa).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Wakarusa
Population	1,903	2,519
Median age	30.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,656	$76,008
Median home value	$202,900	$202,400
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,214
Housing units	849	866
Homeownership rate	81.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Wakarusa
Population	1,518 → 1,903 (+25.4%)	1,957 → 2,519 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $81,656 (+43.3%)	$65,673 → $76,008 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$141,600 → $202,900 (+43.3%)	$150,300 → $202,400 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,073 (+31.0%)	$740 → $1,214 (+64.1%)

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

Wakarusa

Population

1,9572,519

Median household income

$65,673$76,008

Median home value

$150,300$202,400

Median gross rent

$740$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Wakarusa
Under 5	11.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	13.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.7%
75 and over	8.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Wakarusa
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	80.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Wakarusa
No high school diploma	14.5%	14.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Wakarusa
Drove alone	55.6%	72.4%
Carpooled	31.4%	17.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Wakarusa
1-unit, detached	73.5%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Wakarusa
Poverty rate	3.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.99	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1978	1960