Fowlerton vs Matthews

A side-by-side comparison of Fowlerton and Matthews: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Matthews has the higher population (517 vs 202 in Fowlerton). Fowlerton has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $45,833 in Matthews). Fowlerton has the higher median home value ($93,300 vs $77,000 in Matthews).

Population, income & housing

	Fowlerton	Matthews
Population	202	517
Median age	45.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$45,833
Median home value	$93,300	$77,000
Median gross rent	$544	$1,040
Housing units	98	252
Homeownership rate	74.4%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fowlerton	Matthews
Population	262 → 202 (-22.9%)	622 → 517 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $51,250 (+32.3%)	$39,914 → $45,833 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$67,000 → $93,300 (+39.3%)	$66,400 → $77,000 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $544 (-15.0%)	$564 → $1,040 (+84.4%)

Fowlerton

Population

262202

Median household income

$38,750$51,250

Median home value

$67,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$640$544

Matthews

Population

622517

Median household income

$39,914$45,833

Median home value

$66,400$77,000

Median gross rent

$564$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fowlerton	Matthews
Under 5	5.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	18.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	17.4%
65 to 74	16.3%	7.0%
75 and over	5.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fowlerton	Matthews
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fowlerton	Matthews
No high school diploma	18.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	51.7%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fowlerton	Matthews
Drove alone	74.4%	86.7%
Carpooled	15.9%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fowlerton	Matthews
1-unit, detached	72.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Fowlerton	Matthews
Poverty rate	18.3%	24.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1977	1965