Bicknell vs Bruceville

A side-by-side comparison of Bicknell and Bruceville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bicknell has the higher population (2,879 vs 445 in Bruceville). Bruceville has the higher median household income ($52,750 vs $51,099 in Bicknell). Bruceville has the higher median home value ($86,900 vs $59,700 in Bicknell).

Population, income & housing

	Bicknell	Bruceville
Population	2,879	445
Median age	41.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,099	$52,750
Median home value	$59,700	$86,900
Median gross rent	$809	$692
Housing units	1,452	213
Homeownership rate	62.9%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bicknell	Bruceville
Population	2,978 → 2,879 (-3.3%)	318 → 445 (+39.9%)
Median household income	$40,571 → $51,099 (+25.9%)	$60,313 → $52,750 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $59,700 (+20.1%)	$62,600 → $86,900 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $809 (+21.8%)	$719 → $692 (-3.8%)

Bicknell

Population

2,9782,879

Median household income

$40,571$51,099

Median home value

$49,700$59,700

Median gross rent

$664$809

Bruceville

Population

318445

Median household income

$60,313$52,750

Median home value

$62,600$86,900

Median gross rent

$719$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bicknell	Bruceville
Under 5	3.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	16.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.8%
75 and over	6.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bicknell	Bruceville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bicknell	Bruceville
No high school diploma	11.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bicknell	Bruceville
Drove alone	80.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	8.9%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	1.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bicknell	Bruceville
1-unit, detached	81.6%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Bicknell	Bruceville
Poverty rate	14.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938