Needmore vs Oolitic

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

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

Oolitic has the higher population (1,461 vs 307 in Needmore). Needmore has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $61,696 in Oolitic). Oolitic has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $68,800 in Needmore).

Population, income & housing

	Needmore	Oolitic
Population	307	1,461
Median age	29.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$61,696
Median home value	$68,800	$141,700
Median gross rent	—	$681
Housing units	155	705
Homeownership rate	76.3%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Needmore	Oolitic
Population	287 → 307 (+7.0%)	1,088 → 1,461 (+34.3%)
Median household income	$44,181 → $68,125 (+54.2%)	$47,216 → $61,696 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $68,800 (+9.0%)	$94,300 → $141,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$594 → $681 (+14.6%)

Needmore

Population

287307

Median household income

$44,181$68,125

Median home value

$63,100$68,800

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)

	Needmore	Oolitic
Under 5	20.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	8.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	23.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	20.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	21.2%
75 and over	0.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Needmore	Oolitic
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	9.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Needmore	Oolitic
No high school diploma	17.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	54.3%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Needmore	Oolitic
Drove alone	95.2%	86.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Needmore	Oolitic
1-unit, detached	56.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	43.9%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Needmore	Oolitic
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.1%
Average household size	3.16	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1969	1965