Knightstown vs Spiceland

A side-by-side comparison of Knightstown and Spiceland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Knightstown has the higher population (2,154 vs 896 in Spiceland). Spiceland has the higher median household income ($63,676 vs $44,655 in Knightstown). Knightstown has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $107,700 in Spiceland).

Population, income & housing

	Knightstown	Spiceland
Population	2,154	896
Median age	40.1 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,655	$63,676
Median home value	$121,500	$107,700
Median gross rent	$805	$778
Housing units	1,059	364
Homeownership rate	63.0%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knightstown	Spiceland
Population	2,223 → 2,154 (-3.1%)	825 → 896 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$52,037 → $44,655 (-14.2%)	$53,625 → $63,676 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$82,300 → $121,500 (+47.6%)	$81,600 → $107,700 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $805 (+9.2%)	$783 → $778 (-0.6%)

Knightstown

Population

2,2232,154

Median household income

$52,037$44,655

Median home value

$82,300$121,500

Median gross rent

$737$805

Spiceland

Population

825896

Median household income

$53,625$63,676

Median home value

$81,600$107,700

Median gross rent

$783$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knightstown	Spiceland
Under 5	6.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	11.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	17.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	3.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	5.6%
75 and over	4.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knightstown	Spiceland
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knightstown	Spiceland
No high school diploma	8.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	49.2%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knightstown	Spiceland
Drove alone	87.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knightstown	Spiceland
1-unit, detached	71.2%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Knightstown	Spiceland
Poverty rate	23.7%	19.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1941	1951