Amboy vs Bennetts Switch

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Bennetts Switch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bennetts Switch has the higher population (381 vs 310 in Amboy). Bennetts Switch has the higher median household income ($91,076 vs $48,750 in Amboy). Bennetts Switch has the higher median home value ($220,800 vs $114,500 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Bennetts Switch
Population	310	381
Median age	44.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$91,076
Median home value	$114,500	$220,800
Median gross rent	$900	—
Housing units	142	167
Homeownership rate	87.3%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Bennetts Switch
Population	400 → 310 (-22.5%)	458 → 381 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $48,750 (-10.3%)	$92,171 → $91,076 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $114,500 (+43.1%)	$165,400 → $220,800 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $900 (+16.7%)	—

Amboy

Population

400310

Median household income

$54,375$48,750

Median home value

$80,000$114,500

Median gross rent

$771$900

Bennetts Switch

Population

458381

Median household income

$92,171$91,076

Median home value

$165,400$220,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Bennetts Switch
Under 5	4.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	27.8%
18 to 24	15.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	22.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	6.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	0.0%
75 and over	16.5%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Bennetts Switch
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	86.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	13.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Bennetts Switch
No high school diploma	19.4%	14.6%
High school graduate	30.6%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Bennetts Switch
Drove alone	96.8%	93.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Bennetts Switch
1-unit, detached	95.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Bennetts Switch
Poverty rate	23.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1938	1964