Ross vs Whiting

A side-by-side comparison of Ross and Whiting: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ross has the higher population (6,740 vs 4,554 in Whiting). Whiting has the higher median household income ($65,433 vs $53,824 in Ross). Whiting has the higher median home value ($204,800 vs $114,600 in Ross).

Population, income & housing

	Ross	Whiting
Population	6,740	4,554
Median age	40.8 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,824	$65,433
Median home value	$114,600	$204,800
Median gross rent	$1,085	$1,033
Housing units	3,182	1,896
Homeownership rate	68.1%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ross	Whiting
Population	—	4,814 → 4,554 (-5.4%)
Median household income	—	$46,653 → $65,433 (+40.3%)
Median home value	—	$129,300 → $204,800 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$855 → $1,033 (+20.8%)

Ross

Whiting

Population

4,8144,554

Median household income

$46,653$65,433

Median home value

$129,300$204,800

Median gross rent

$855$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ross	Whiting
Under 5	4.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.5%	22.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	13.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.3%
75 and over	5.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ross	Whiting
White (non-Hispanic)	57.2%	36.5%
Black or African American	14.4%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	55.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ross	Whiting
No high school diploma	15.0%	16.3%
High school graduate	46.3%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ross	Whiting
Drove alone	84.1%	76.9%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.7%	4.3%
Walked	0.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	9.1%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ross	Whiting
1-unit, detached	79.4%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	28.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Ross	Whiting
Poverty rate	16.5%	21.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1958	1938