Fort Branch vs Patoka

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Branch and Patoka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Branch has the higher population (3,412 vs 887 in Patoka). Fort Branch has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $61,136 in Patoka). Fort Branch has the higher median home value ($181,900 vs $92,300 in Patoka).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Branch	Patoka
Population	3,412	887
Median age	40.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$61,136
Median home value	$181,900	$92,300
Median gross rent	$911	$886
Housing units	1,736	403
Homeownership rate	75.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Branch	Patoka
Population	3,040 → 3,412 (+12.2%)	1,210 → 887 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$54,583 → $62,500 (+14.5%)	$40,068 → $61,136 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $181,900 (+59.8%)	$45,500 → $92,300 (+102.9%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $911 (+34.0%)	$700 → $886 (+26.6%)

Fort Branch

Population

3,0403,412

Median household income

$54,583$62,500

Median home value

$113,800$181,900

Median gross rent

$680$911

Patoka

Population

1,210887

Median household income

$40,068$61,136

Median home value

$45,500$92,300

Median gross rent

$700$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Branch	Patoka
Under 5	8.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	9.5%	23.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	4.4%
75 and over	4.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Branch	Patoka
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.5%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Branch	Patoka
No high school diploma	6.2%	15.4%
High school graduate	34.2%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Branch	Patoka
Drove alone	73.4%	83.9%
Carpooled	16.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Branch	Patoka
1-unit, detached	73.6%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Branch	Patoka
Poverty rate	15.4%	19.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1971	1971