Elwood vs Ingalls

A side-by-side comparison of Elwood and Ingalls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elwood has the higher population (8,320 vs 2,453 in Ingalls). Ingalls has the higher median household income ($72,330 vs $54,084 in Elwood). Ingalls has the higher median home value ($161,000 vs $92,800 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Ingalls
Population	8,320	2,453
Median age	43.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,084	$72,330
Median home value	$92,800	$161,000
Median gross rent	$838	$1,392
Housing units	4,028	910
Homeownership rate	63.9%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Ingalls
Population	8,441 → 8,320 (-1.4%)	2,203 → 2,453 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$41,777 → $54,084 (+29.5%)	$51,339 → $72,330 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $92,800 (+34.9%)	$105,700 → $161,000 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $838 (+20.2%)	$952 → $1,392 (+46.2%)

Elwood

Population

8,4418,320

Median household income

$41,777$54,084

Median home value

$68,800$92,800

Median gross rent

$697$838

Ingalls

Population

2,2032,453

Median household income

$51,339$72,330

Median home value

$105,700$161,000

Median gross rent

$952$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Ingalls
Under 5	6.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	24.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	17.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.5%
75 and over	6.6%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Ingalls
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Ingalls
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	52.9%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Ingalls
Drove alone	75.1%	76.3%
Carpooled	19.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	14.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Ingalls
1-unit, detached	76.1%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Ingalls
Poverty rate	14.6%	8.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1952	2000