Straughn vs Sulphur Springs

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

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

Sulphur Springs has the higher population (466 vs 210 in Straughn). Straughn has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $53,750 in Sulphur Springs). Sulphur Springs has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $95,000 in Straughn).

Population, income & housing

	Straughn	Sulphur Springs
Population	210	466
Median age	47.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$53,750
Median home value	$95,000	$133,700
Median gross rent	$1,682	$983
Housing units	180	205
Homeownership rate	80.0%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Straughn	Sulphur Springs
Population	260 → 210 (-19.2%)	335 → 466 (+39.1%)
Median household income	$65,208 → $75,000 (+15.0%)	$42,188 → $53,750 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $95,000 (+86.3%)	$88,300 → $133,700 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $1,682 (+121.9%)	$682 → $983 (+44.1%)

Straughn

Population

260210

Median household income

$65,208$75,000

Median home value

$51,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$758$1,682

Sulphur Springs

Population

335466

Median household income

$42,188$53,750

Median home value

$88,300$133,700

Median gross rent

$682$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Straughn	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	1.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	18.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.0%
75 and over	6.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Straughn	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Straughn	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	10.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	51.4%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Straughn	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	69.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	15.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Straughn	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	97.8%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Straughn	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	6.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1988	1951