Remington vs Rensselaer

A side-by-side comparison of Remington and Rensselaer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rensselaer has the higher population (5,369 vs 1,581 in Remington). Remington has the higher median household income ($67,870 vs $61,648 in Rensselaer). Rensselaer has the higher median home value ($149,100 vs $138,700 in Remington).

Population, income & housing

	Remington	Rensselaer
Population	1,581	5,369
Median age	50.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,870	$61,648
Median home value	$138,700	$149,100
Median gross rent	$764	$868
Housing units	687	2,556
Homeownership rate	78.8%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Remington	Rensselaer
Population	1,300 → 1,581 (+21.6%)	6,324 → 5,369 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$47,067 → $67,870 (+44.2%)	$48,162 → $61,648 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $138,700 (+47.4%)	$115,700 → $149,100 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $764 (+6.0%)	$733 → $868 (+18.4%)

Remington

Population

1,3001,581

Median household income

$47,067$67,870

Median home value

$94,100$138,700

Median gross rent

$721$764

Rensselaer

Population

6,3245,369

Median household income

$48,162$61,648

Median home value

$115,700$149,100

Median gross rent

$733$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Remington	Rensselaer
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	17.6%	12.3%
75 and over	6.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Remington	Rensselaer
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Remington	Rensselaer
No high school diploma	8.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	37.9%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Remington	Rensselaer
Drove alone	84.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Remington	Rensselaer
1-unit, detached	84.7%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Remington	Rensselaer
Poverty rate	10.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1956	1955