Anderson vs Lapel

A side-by-side comparison of Anderson and Lapel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anderson has the higher population (54,930 vs 2,568 in Lapel). Lapel has the higher median household income ($77,563 vs $47,221 in Anderson). Lapel has the higher median home value ($201,900 vs $104,300 in Anderson).

Population, income & housing

	Anderson	Lapel
Population	54,930	2,568
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,221	$77,563
Median home value	$104,300	$201,900
Median gross rent	$909	$1,229
Housing units	27,465	1,037
Homeownership rate	55.5%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anderson	Lapel
Population	54,513 → 54,930 (+0.8%)	2,358 → 2,568 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$37,038 → $47,221 (+27.5%)	$57,845 → $77,563 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $104,300 (+43.1%)	$116,200 → $201,900 (+73.8%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $909 (+20.1%)	$800 → $1,229 (+53.6%)

Anderson

Population

54,51354,930

Median household income

$37,038$47,221

Median home value

$72,900$104,300

Median gross rent

$757$909

Lapel

Population

2,3582,568

Median household income

$57,845$77,563

Median home value

$116,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$800$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anderson	Lapel
Under 5	6.6%	11.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.1%
75 and over	8.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anderson	Lapel
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	90.4%
Black or African American	11.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anderson	Lapel
No high school diploma	12.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	41.9%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anderson	Lapel
Drove alone	74.1%	79.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	14.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anderson	Lapel
1-unit, detached	69.2%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Anderson	Lapel
Poverty rate	20.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1961	1972