Bruceville vs Oaktown

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

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

Oaktown has the higher population (724 vs 445 in Bruceville). Bruceville has the higher median household income ($52,750 vs $30,417 in Oaktown). Bruceville has the higher median home value ($86,900 vs $67,700 in Oaktown).

Population, income & housing

	Bruceville	Oaktown
Population	445	724
Median age	35.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,750	$30,417
Median home value	$86,900	$67,700
Median gross rent	$692	$705
Housing units	213	372
Homeownership rate	78.9%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruceville	Oaktown
Population	318 → 445 (+39.9%)	614 → 724 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $52,750 (-12.5%)	$44,327 → $30,417 (-31.4%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $86,900 (+38.8%)	$68,800 → $67,700 (-1.6%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $692 (-3.8%)	$543 → $705 (+29.8%)

Bruceville

Population

318445

Median household income

$60,313$52,750

Median home value

$62,600$86,900

Median gross rent

$719$692

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)

	Bruceville	Oaktown
Under 5	5.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	11.2%
18 to 24	16.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	21.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	20.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.5%
75 and over	4.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruceville	Oaktown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruceville	Oaktown
No high school diploma	8.0%	29.8%
High school graduate	47.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruceville	Oaktown
Drove alone	86.6%	90.5%
Carpooled	12.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruceville	Oaktown
1-unit, detached	81.7%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Bruceville	Oaktown
Poverty rate	10.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1938	1968