Fortville vs Wilkinson

A side-by-side comparison of Fortville and Wilkinson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fortville has the higher population (5,092 vs 427 in Wilkinson). Fortville has the higher median household income ($82,763 vs $63,500 in Wilkinson). Fortville has the higher median home value ($240,300 vs $132,500 in Wilkinson).

Population, income & housing

	Fortville	Wilkinson
Population	5,092	427
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,763	$63,500
Median home value	$240,300	$132,500
Median gross rent	$1,094	$850
Housing units	1,990	208
Homeownership rate	73.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortville	Wilkinson
Population	4,574 → 5,092 (+11.3%)	413 → 427 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$63,785 → $82,763 (+29.8%)	$54,375 → $63,500 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$135,100 → $240,300 (+77.9%)	$96,000 → $132,500 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,094 (+19.8%)	$956 → $850 (-11.1%)

Fortville

Population

4,5745,092

Median household income

$63,785$82,763

Median home value

$135,100$240,300

Median gross rent

$913$1,094

Wilkinson

Population

413427

Median household income

$54,375$63,500

Median home value

$96,000$132,500

Median gross rent

$956$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortville	Wilkinson
Under 5	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.2%
75 and over	3.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortville	Wilkinson
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	89.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortville	Wilkinson
No high school diploma	14.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	61.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortville	Wilkinson
Drove alone	61.8%	88.9%
Carpooled	12.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	4.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortville	Wilkinson
1-unit, detached	81.4%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Fortville	Wilkinson
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1986	1956