Elwood vs Pendleton

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

Elwood and Pendleton 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 5,115 in Pendleton). Pendleton has the higher median household income ($87,971 vs $54,084 in Elwood). Pendleton has the higher median home value ($236,200 vs $92,800 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Pendleton
Population	8,320	5,115
Median age	43.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,084	$87,971
Median home value	$92,800	$236,200
Median gross rent	$838	$1,154
Housing units	4,028	2,212
Homeownership rate	63.9%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Pendleton
Population	8,441 → 8,320 (-1.4%)	4,246 → 5,115 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$41,777 → $54,084 (+29.5%)	$66,497 → $87,971 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $92,800 (+34.9%)	$152,700 → $236,200 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $838 (+20.2%)	$862 → $1,154 (+33.9%)

Elwood

Population

8,4418,320

Median household income

$41,777$54,084

Median home value

$68,800$92,800

Median gross rent

$697$838

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)

	Elwood	Pendleton
Under 5	6.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.9%
75 and over	6.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Pendleton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Pendleton
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	52.9%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Pendleton
Drove alone	75.1%	72.1%
Carpooled	19.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	18.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Pendleton
1-unit, detached	76.1%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Pendleton
Poverty rate	14.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1952	1987