Anderson vs Pendleton

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

Anderson and Pendleton 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 5,115 in Pendleton). Pendleton has the higher median household income ($87,971 vs $47,221 in Anderson). Pendleton has the higher median home value ($236,200 vs $104,300 in Anderson).

Population, income & housing

	Anderson	Pendleton
Population	54,930	5,115
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,221	$87,971
Median home value	$104,300	$236,200
Median gross rent	$909	$1,154
Housing units	27,465	2,212
Homeownership rate	55.5%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anderson	Pendleton
Population	54,513 → 54,930 (+0.8%)	4,246 → 5,115 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$37,038 → $47,221 (+27.5%)	$66,497 → $87,971 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $104,300 (+43.1%)	$152,700 → $236,200 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $909 (+20.1%)	$862 → $1,154 (+33.9%)

Anderson

Population

54,51354,930

Median household income

$37,038$47,221

Median home value

$72,900$104,300

Median gross rent

$757$909

Pendleton

Population

4,2465,115

Median household income

$66,497$87,971

Median home value

$152,700$236,200

Median gross rent

$862$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anderson	Pendleton
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.9%
75 and over	8.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anderson	Pendleton
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	94.4%
Black or African American	11.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anderson	Pendleton
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	41.9%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anderson	Pendleton
Drove alone	74.1%	72.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	18.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anderson	Pendleton
1-unit, detached	69.2%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.4%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Anderson	Pendleton
Poverty rate	20.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1961	1987