Bennetts Switch vs Converse

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

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

Converse has the higher population (912 vs 381 in Bennetts Switch). Bennetts Switch has the higher median household income ($91,076 vs $54,167 in Converse). Bennetts Switch has the higher median home value ($220,800 vs $101,700 in Converse).

Population, income & housing

	Bennetts Switch	Converse
Population	381	912
Median age	35.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$91,076	$54,167
Median home value	$220,800	$101,700
Median gross rent	—	$758
Housing units	167	534
Homeownership rate	62.9%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennetts Switch	Converse
Population	458 → 381 (-16.8%)	1,167 → 912 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$92,171 → $91,076 (-1.2%)	$46,012 → $54,167 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $220,800 (+33.5%)	$84,700 → $101,700 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$555 → $758 (+36.6%)

Bennetts Switch

Population

458381

Median household income

$92,171$91,076

Median home value

$165,400$220,800

Converse

Population

1,167912

Median household income

$46,012$54,167

Median home value

$84,700$101,700

Median gross rent

$555$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennetts Switch	Converse
Under 5	7.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	27.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	22.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	5.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.3%
75 and over	21.3%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennetts Switch	Converse
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.9%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennetts Switch	Converse
No high school diploma	14.6%	14.4%
High school graduate	30.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennetts Switch	Converse
Drove alone	93.8%	93.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennetts Switch	Converse
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Bennetts Switch	Converse
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1964	1976