Orestes vs Perkinsville

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

Orestes and Perkinsville 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 98 in Perkinsville). Orestes has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $47,303 in Perkinsville). Perkinsville has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $85,600 in Orestes).

Population, income & housing

	Orestes	Perkinsville
Population	290	98
Median age	34.0 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$47,303
Median home value	$85,600	$90,000
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	127	51
Homeownership rate	58.8%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orestes	Perkinsville
Population	566 → 290 (-48.8%)	102 → 98 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$50,074 → $53,750 (+7.3%)	$67,250 → $47,303 (-29.7%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $85,600 (+50.7%)	$73,500 → $90,000 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $842 (+13.3%)	—

Orestes

Population

566290

Median household income

$50,074$53,750

Median home value

$56,800$85,600

Median gross rent

$743$842

Perkinsville

Population

10298

Median household income

$67,250$47,303

Median home value

$73,500$90,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orestes	Perkinsville
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.9%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	22.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	25.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	35.7%
75 and over	5.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orestes	Perkinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	100.0%
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	4.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orestes	Perkinsville
No high school diploma	6.7%	41.8%
High school graduate	42.5%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orestes	Perkinsville
Drove alone	76.2%	43.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	56.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orestes	Perkinsville
1-unit, detached	73.2%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	37.3%

Poverty & households

	Orestes	Perkinsville
Poverty rate	34.1%	9.2%
Average household size	2.39	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1950	1952