Markleville vs Orestes

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

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

Markleville has the higher population (784 vs 290 in Orestes). Markleville has the higher median household income ($85,625 vs $53,750 in Orestes). Markleville has the higher median home value ($149,400 vs $85,600 in Orestes).

Population, income & housing

	Markleville	Orestes
Population	784	290
Median age	33.5 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,625	$53,750
Median home value	$149,400	$85,600
Median gross rent	$1,060	$842
Housing units	273	127
Homeownership rate	83.3%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Markleville	Orestes
Population	463 → 784 (+69.3%)	566 → 290 (-48.8%)
Median household income	$68,021 → $85,625 (+25.9%)	$50,074 → $53,750 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $149,400 (+59.8%)	$56,800 → $85,600 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,060 (+26.8%)	$743 → $842 (+13.3%)

Markleville

Population

463784

Median household income

$68,021$85,625

Median home value

$93,500$149,400

Median gross rent

$836$1,060

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)

	Markleville	Orestes
Under 5	6.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	23.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	11.6%	12.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.0%
75 and over	5.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Markleville	Orestes
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	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	4.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Markleville	Orestes
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	45.3%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Markleville	Orestes
Drove alone	75.4%	76.2%
Carpooled	18.5%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Markleville	Orestes
1-unit, detached	93.8%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Markleville	Orestes
Poverty rate	9.2%	34.1%
Average household size	2.98	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1969	1950