Fort Branch vs Princeton

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

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

Princeton has the higher population (8,347 vs 3,412 in Fort Branch). Fort Branch has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $57,234 in Princeton). Fort Branch has the higher median home value ($181,900 vs $117,100 in Princeton).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Branch	Princeton
Population	3,412	8,347
Median age	40.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$57,234
Median home value	$181,900	$117,100
Median gross rent	$911	$892
Housing units	1,736	3,947
Homeownership rate	75.1%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Branch	Princeton
Population	3,040 → 3,412 (+12.2%)	8,684 → 8,347 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$54,583 → $62,500 (+14.5%)	$47,091 → $57,234 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $181,900 (+59.8%)	$96,900 → $117,100 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $911 (+34.0%)	$626 → $892 (+42.5%)

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

Princeton

Population

8,6848,347

Median household income

$47,091$57,234

Median home value

$96,900$117,100

Median gross rent

$626$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Branch	Princeton
Under 5	8.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	9.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.3%
75 and over	4.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Branch	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	4.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Branch	Princeton
No high school diploma	6.2%	14.7%
High school graduate	34.2%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Branch	Princeton
Drove alone	73.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	16.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Branch	Princeton
1-unit, detached	73.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	6.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Branch	Princeton
Poverty rate	15.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1971	1971