Edwardsport vs Oaktown

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

Edwardsport 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 357 in Edwardsport). Edwardsport has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $30,417 in Oaktown). Oaktown has the higher median home value ($67,700 vs $53,900 in Edwardsport).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsport	Oaktown
Population	357	724
Median age	39.1 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$30,417
Median home value	$53,900	$67,700
Median gross rent	$950	$705
Housing units	155	372
Homeownership rate	92.5%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsport	Oaktown
Population	340 → 357 (+5.0%)	614 → 724 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $51,250 (+5.1%)	$44,327 → $30,417 (-31.4%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $53,900 (+12.5%)	$68,800 → $67,700 (-1.6%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $950 (+15.2%)	$543 → $705 (+29.8%)

Edwardsport

Population

340357

Median household income

$48,750$51,250

Median home value

$47,900$53,900

Median gross rent

$825$950

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)

	Edwardsport	Oaktown
Under 5	3.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	21.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	20.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.5%
75 and over	10.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsport	Oaktown
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	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	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsport	Oaktown
No high school diploma	14.1%	29.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsport	Oaktown
Drove alone	85.1%	90.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsport	Oaktown
1-unit, detached	95.5%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsport	Oaktown
Poverty rate	22.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1968