Bicknell vs Edwardsport

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

Bicknell and Edwardsport 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 357 in Edwardsport). Edwardsport has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $51,099 in Bicknell). Bicknell has the higher median home value ($59,700 vs $53,900 in Edwardsport).

Population, income & housing

	Bicknell	Edwardsport
Population	2,879	357
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,099	$51,250
Median home value	$59,700	$53,900
Median gross rent	$809	$950
Housing units	1,452	155
Homeownership rate	62.9%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bicknell	Edwardsport
Population	2,978 → 2,879 (-3.3%)	340 → 357 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$40,571 → $51,099 (+25.9%)	$48,750 → $51,250 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $59,700 (+20.1%)	$47,900 → $53,900 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $809 (+21.8%)	$825 → $950 (+15.2%)

Bicknell

Population

2,9782,879

Median household income

$40,571$51,099

Median home value

$49,700$59,700

Median gross rent

$664$809

Edwardsport

Population

340357

Median household income

$48,750$51,250

Median home value

$47,900$53,900

Median gross rent

$825$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bicknell	Edwardsport
Under 5	3.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	12.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.7%
75 and over	6.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bicknell	Edwardsport
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	99.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bicknell	Edwardsport
No high school diploma	11.3%	14.1%
High school graduate	40.7%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bicknell	Edwardsport
Drove alone	80.7%	85.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bicknell	Edwardsport
1-unit, detached	81.6%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Bicknell	Edwardsport
Poverty rate	14.2%	22.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938