Huntington vs Mount Etna

A side-by-side comparison of Huntington and Mount Etna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntington has the higher population (17,026 vs 155 in Mount Etna). Mount Etna has the higher median household income ($55,500 vs $51,220 in Huntington). Huntington has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $80,000 in Mount Etna).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Mount Etna
Population	17,026	155
Median age	36.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,220	$55,500
Median home value	$104,300	$80,000
Median gross rent	$852	—
Housing units	7,477	84
Homeownership rate	62.1%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Mount Etna
Population	17,067 → 17,026 (-0.2%)	145 → 155 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$43,955 → $51,220 (+16.5%)	$39,000 → $55,500 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $104,300 (+27.5%)	$71,800 → $80,000 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $852 (+23.3%)	—

Huntington

Population

17,06717,026

Median household income

$43,955$51,220

Median home value

$81,800$104,300

Median gross rent

$691$852

Mount Etna

Population

145155

Median household income

$39,000$55,500

Median home value

$71,800$80,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington	Mount Etna
Under 5	5.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	13.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.8%
75 and over	7.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Mount Etna
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Mount Etna
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	43.5%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Mount Etna
Drove alone	74.4%	97.4%
Carpooled	14.8%	2.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Mount Etna
1-unit, detached	76.2%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Mount Etna
Poverty rate	15.6%	19.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1951	1938