Barbee vs Pierceton

A side-by-side comparison of Barbee and Pierceton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pierceton has the higher population (1,349 vs 1,298 in Barbee). Pierceton has the higher median household income ($66,597 vs $65,625 in Barbee). Barbee has the higher median home value ($202,100 vs $110,700 in Pierceton).

Population, income & housing

	Barbee	Pierceton
Population	1,298	1,349
Median age	40.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$66,597
Median home value	$202,100	$110,700
Median gross rent	$1,338	$786
Housing units	841	653
Homeownership rate	88.0%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbee	Pierceton
Population	1,104 → 1,298 (+17.6%)	880 → 1,349 (+53.3%)
Median household income	$53,004 → $65,625 (+23.8%)	$41,667 → $66,597 (+59.8%)
Median home value	$168,500 → $202,100 (+19.9%)	$85,900 → $110,700 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,121 → $1,338 (+19.4%)	$780 → $786 (+0.8%)

Barbee

Population

1,1041,298

Median household income

$53,004$65,625

Median home value

$168,500$202,100

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,338

Pierceton

Population

8801,349

Median household income

$41,667$66,597

Median home value

$85,900$110,700

Median gross rent

$780$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbee	Pierceton
Under 5	5.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	24.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	8.8%
75 and over	6.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbee	Pierceton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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	4.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbee	Pierceton
No high school diploma	4.1%	11.0%
High school graduate	54.0%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbee	Pierceton
Drove alone	94.2%	89.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbee	Pierceton
1-unit, detached	80.5%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Barbee	Pierceton
Poverty rate	6.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1967	1943