Bicknell vs Oaktown

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

Bicknell and Oaktown 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 724 in Oaktown). Bicknell has the higher median household income ($51,099 vs $30,417 in Oaktown). Oaktown has the higher median home value ($67,700 vs $59,700 in Bicknell).

Population, income & housing

	Bicknell	Oaktown
Population	2,879	724
Median age	41.8 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,099	$30,417
Median home value	$59,700	$67,700
Median gross rent	$809	$705
Housing units	1,452	372
Homeownership rate	62.9%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bicknell	Oaktown
Population	2,978 → 2,879 (-3.3%)	614 → 724 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$40,571 → $51,099 (+25.9%)	$44,327 → $30,417 (-31.4%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $59,700 (+20.1%)	$68,800 → $67,700 (-1.6%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $809 (+21.8%)	$543 → $705 (+29.8%)

Bicknell

Population

2,9782,879

Median household income

$40,571$51,099

Median home value

$49,700$59,700

Median gross rent

$664$809

Oaktown

Population

614724

Median household income

$44,327$30,417

Median home value

$68,800$67,700

Median gross rent

$543$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bicknell	Oaktown
Under 5	3.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	6.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	21.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	20.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.5%
75 and over	6.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bicknell	Oaktown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	96.7%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bicknell	Oaktown
No high school diploma	11.3%	29.8%
High school graduate	40.7%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bicknell	Oaktown
Drove alone	80.7%	90.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	1.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bicknell	Oaktown
1-unit, detached	81.6%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	10.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Bicknell	Oaktown
Poverty rate	14.2%	5.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1938	1968