Fishersburg vs Orestes

A side-by-side comparison of Fishersburg and Orestes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orestes has the higher population (290 vs 142 in Fishersburg). Fishersburg has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $85,600 in Orestes). Since 2019, Fishersburg's population has grown faster (+4.4% vs -48.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fishersburg	Orestes
Population	142	290
Median age	43.8 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,750
Median home value	$116,700	$85,600
Median gross rent	—	$842
Housing units	67	127
Homeownership rate	74.6%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishersburg	Orestes
Population	136 → 142 (+4.4%)	566 → 290 (-48.8%)
Median household income	—	$50,074 → $53,750 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $116,700 (+13.7%)	$56,800 → $85,600 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$743 → $842 (+13.3%)

Fishersburg

Population

136142

Median home value

$102,600$116,700

Orestes

Population

566290

Median household income

$50,074$53,750

Median home value

$56,800$85,600

Median gross rent

$743$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishersburg	Orestes
Under 5	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	9.2%	20.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	39.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	20.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.0%
75 and over	0.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishersburg	Orestes
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishersburg	Orestes
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	43.3%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	49.2%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishersburg	Orestes
Drove alone	88.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishersburg	Orestes
1-unit, detached	68.7%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Fishersburg	Orestes
Poverty rate	0.0%	34.1%
Average household size	2.12	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	52	20
Median year structure built	1944	1950