Huntington vs Roanoke

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

Huntington and Roanoke 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 1,819 in Roanoke). Roanoke has the higher median household income ($72,880 vs $51,220 in Huntington). Roanoke has the higher median home value ($168,600 vs $104,300 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Roanoke
Population	17,026	1,819
Median age	36.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,220	$72,880
Median home value	$104,300	$168,600
Median gross rent	$852	$790
Housing units	7,477	902
Homeownership rate	62.1%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Roanoke
Population	17,067 → 17,026 (-0.2%)	1,688 → 1,819 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$43,955 → $51,220 (+16.5%)	$69,432 → $72,880 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $104,300 (+27.5%)	$127,800 → $168,600 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $852 (+23.3%)	$580 → $790 (+36.2%)

Huntington

Population

17,06717,026

Median household income

$43,955$51,220

Median home value

$81,800$104,300

Median gross rent

$691$852

Roanoke

Population

1,6881,819

Median household income

$69,432$72,880

Median home value

$127,800$168,600

Median gross rent

$580$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington	Roanoke
Under 5	5.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	13.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.3%
75 and over	7.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Roanoke
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Roanoke
No high school diploma	10.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	43.5%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Roanoke
Drove alone	74.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	14.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	4.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.1%	5.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Roanoke
1-unit, detached	76.2%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	6.9%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Roanoke
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1951	1991