Huron vs Mitchell

A side-by-side comparison of Huron and Mitchell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mitchell has the higher population (3,941 vs 231 in Huron). Huron has the higher median household income ($85,801 vs $45,580 in Mitchell). Since 2019, Huron's population has grown faster (+59.3% vs -7.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Huron	Mitchell
Population	231	3,941
Median age	31.9 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,801	$45,580
Median home value	—	$101,900
Median gross rent	—	$751
Housing units	77	1,680
Homeownership rate	66.2%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.2%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huron	Mitchell
Population	145 → 231 (+59.3%)	4,261 → 3,941 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$82,907 → $85,801 (+3.5%)	$43,025 → $45,580 (+5.9%)
Median home value	—	$74,000 → $101,900 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$540 → $751 (+39.1%)

Huron

Population

145231

Median household income

$82,907$85,801

Mitchell

Population

4,2613,941

Median household income

$43,025$45,580

Median home value

$74,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$540$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huron	Mitchell
Under 5	8.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	18.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	3.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	5.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	41.1%	5.9%
75 and over	0.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huron	Mitchell
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huron	Mitchell
No high school diploma	0.0%	17.4%
High school graduate	21.7%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	10.2%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	60.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huron	Mitchell
Drove alone	100.0%	76.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huron	Mitchell
1-unit, detached	76.6%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Huron	Mitchell
Poverty rate	34.6%	20.5%
Average household size	3.00	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	35	19
Median year structure built	1985	1975