Oaktown vs Vincennes

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

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

Vincennes has the higher population (16,676 vs 724 in Oaktown). Vincennes has the higher median household income ($50,238 vs $30,417 in Oaktown). Vincennes has the higher median home value ($98,700 vs $67,700 in Oaktown).

Population, income & housing

	Oaktown	Vincennes
Population	724	16,676
Median age	48.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$30,417	$50,238
Median home value	$67,700	$98,700
Median gross rent	$705	$792
Housing units	372	8,401
Homeownership rate	61.9%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oaktown	Vincennes
Population	614 → 724 (+17.9%)	17,304 → 16,676 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$44,327 → $30,417 (-31.4%)	$38,412 → $50,238 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $67,700 (-1.6%)	$77,700 → $98,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $705 (+29.8%)	$669 → $792 (+18.4%)

Oaktown

Population

614724

Median household income

$44,327$30,417

Median home value

$68,800$67,700

Median gross rent

$543$705

Vincennes

Population

17,30416,676

Median household income

$38,412$50,238

Median home value

$77,700$98,700

Median gross rent

$669$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oaktown	Vincennes
Under 5	2.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	15.5%
25 to 34	6.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	21.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	20.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.5%
75 and over	10.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oaktown	Vincennes
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oaktown	Vincennes
No high school diploma	29.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	37.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oaktown	Vincennes
Drove alone	90.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.6%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oaktown	Vincennes
1-unit, detached	53.0%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Oaktown	Vincennes
Poverty rate	5.2%	19.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1968	1959