Edwardsport vs Ragsdale

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

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

Edwardsport has the higher population (357 vs 131 in Ragsdale). Ragsdale has the higher median home value ($67,300 vs $53,900 in Edwardsport). Since 2019, Edwardsport's population has grown faster (+5.0% vs -50.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsport	Ragsdale
Population	357	131
Median age	39.1 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	—
Median home value	$53,900	$67,300
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	155	38
Homeownership rate	92.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	20.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsport	Ragsdale
Population	340 → 357 (+5.0%)	265 → 131 (-50.6%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $51,250 (+5.1%)	$62,614 → $67,188 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $53,900 (+12.5%)	$68,800 → $67,300 (-2.2%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $950 (+15.2%)	—

Edwardsport

Population

340357

Median household income

$48,750$51,250

Median home value

$47,900$53,900

Median gross rent

$825$950

Ragsdale

Population

265131

Median household income

$62,614$67,188

Median home value

$68,800$67,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsport	Ragsdale
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	29.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	17.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.4%
75 and over	10.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsport	Ragsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsport	Ragsdale
No high school diploma	14.1%	15.7%
High school graduate	37.9%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsport	Ragsdale
Drove alone	85.1%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	25.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsport	Ragsdale
1-unit, detached	95.5%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	28.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsport	Ragsdale
Poverty rate	22.6%	50.4%
Average household size	2.43	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938