Blountsville vs Straughn

A side-by-side comparison of Blountsville and Straughn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Straughn has the higher population (210 vs 162 in Blountsville). Straughn has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $55,714 in Blountsville). Straughn has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $72,500 in Blountsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blountsville	Straughn
Population	162	210
Median age	35.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,714	$75,000
Median home value	$72,500	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,682
Housing units	80	180
Homeownership rate	83.9%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blountsville	Straughn
Population	76 → 162 (+113.2%)	260 → 210 (-19.2%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $55,714 (+33.0%)	$65,208 → $75,000 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $72,500 (+36.8%)	$51,000 → $95,000 (+86.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$758 → $1,682 (+121.9%)

Blountsville

Population

76162

Median household income

$41,875$55,714

Median home value

$53,000$72,500

Straughn

Population

260210

Median household income

$65,208$75,000

Median home value

$51,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$758$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blountsville	Straughn
Under 5	3.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	35.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	6.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	21.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	18.6%
55 to 64	6.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.5%
75 and over	7.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blountsville	Straughn
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blountsville	Straughn
No high school diploma	14.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blountsville	Straughn
Drove alone	62.7%	69.9%
Carpooled	20.3%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blountsville	Straughn
1-unit, detached	97.5%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Blountsville	Straughn
Poverty rate	23.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	43	23
Median year structure built	1938	1988