Bourbon vs Tippecanoe

A side-by-side comparison of Bourbon and Tippecanoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bourbon has the higher population (1,816 vs 383 in Tippecanoe). Bourbon has the higher median household income ($71,375 vs $50,667 in Tippecanoe). Bourbon has the higher median home value ($156,800 vs $102,900 in Tippecanoe).

Population, income & housing

	Bourbon	Tippecanoe
Population	1,816	383
Median age	32.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,375	$50,667
Median home value	$156,800	$102,900
Median gross rent	$848	—
Housing units	765	124
Homeownership rate	74.6%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourbon	Tippecanoe
Population	2,023 → 1,816 (-10.2%)	349 → 383 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$54,333 → $71,375 (+31.4%)	$51,250 → $50,667 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $156,800 (+47.1%)	$89,500 → $102,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $848 (+38.8%)	—

Bourbon

Population

2,0231,816

Median household income

$54,333$71,375

Median home value

$106,600$156,800

Median gross rent

$611$848

Tippecanoe

Population

349383

Median household income

$51,250$50,667

Median home value

$89,500$102,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourbon	Tippecanoe
Under 5	7.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	23.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	3.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	20.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	22.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	2.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.8%
75 and over	4.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourbon	Tippecanoe
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourbon	Tippecanoe
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	36.5%	60.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourbon	Tippecanoe
Drove alone	72.4%	78.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourbon	Tippecanoe
1-unit, detached	82.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bourbon	Tippecanoe
Poverty rate	11.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.70	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1958	1952