Mount Etna vs Roanoke

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

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

Roanoke has the higher population (1,819 vs 155 in Mount Etna). Roanoke has the higher median household income ($72,880 vs $55,500 in Mount Etna). Roanoke has the higher median home value ($168,600 vs $80,000 in Mount Etna).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Etna	Roanoke
Population	155	1,819
Median age	43.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,500	$72,880
Median home value	$80,000	$168,600
Median gross rent	—	$790
Housing units	84	902
Homeownership rate	88.6%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Etna	Roanoke
Population	145 → 155 (+6.9%)	1,688 → 1,819 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $55,500 (+42.3%)	$69,432 → $72,880 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $80,000 (+11.4%)	$127,800 → $168,600 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$580 → $790 (+36.2%)

Mount Etna

Population

145155

Median household income

$39,000$55,500

Median home value

$71,800$80,000

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)

	Mount Etna	Roanoke
Under 5	8.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.3%
75 and over	7.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Etna	Roanoke
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Etna	Roanoke
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	43.6%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Etna	Roanoke
Drove alone	97.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Etna	Roanoke
1-unit, detached	95.2%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Etna	Roanoke
Poverty rate	19.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1938	1991