Mitchell vs Oolitic

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

Mitchell and Oolitic 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 1,461 in Oolitic). Oolitic has the higher median household income ($61,696 vs $45,580 in Mitchell). Oolitic has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $101,900 in Mitchell).

Population, income & housing

	Mitchell	Oolitic
Population	3,941	1,461
Median age	37.7 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,580	$61,696
Median home value	$101,900	$141,700
Median gross rent	$751	$681
Housing units	1,680	705
Homeownership rate	60.4%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mitchell	Oolitic
Population	4,261 → 3,941 (-7.5%)	1,088 → 1,461 (+34.3%)
Median household income	$43,025 → $45,580 (+5.9%)	$47,216 → $61,696 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $101,900 (+37.7%)	$94,300 → $141,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $751 (+39.1%)	$594 → $681 (+14.6%)

Mitchell

Population

4,2613,941

Median household income

$43,025$45,580

Median home value

$74,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$540$751

Oolitic

Population

1,0881,461

Median household income

$47,216$61,696

Median home value

$94,300$141,700

Median gross rent

$594$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mitchell	Oolitic
Under 5	6.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	8.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	21.2%
75 and over	10.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mitchell	Oolitic
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	85.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	9.9%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mitchell	Oolitic
No high school diploma	17.4%	8.1%
High school graduate	44.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mitchell	Oolitic
Drove alone	76.5%	86.5%
Carpooled	19.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mitchell	Oolitic
1-unit, detached	65.9%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Mitchell	Oolitic
Poverty rate	20.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1975	1965