Bunker Hill vs Grissom AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Bunker Hill and Grissom AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Bunker Hill and Grissom AFB are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grissom AFB has the higher population (2,882 vs 956 in Bunker Hill). Grissom AFB has the higher median household income ($52,829 vs $46,389 in Bunker Hill). Bunker Hill has the higher median home value ($85,400 vs $84,700 in Grissom AFB).

Population, income & housing

	Bunker Hill	Grissom AFB
Population	956	2,882
Median age	43.9 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,389	$52,829
Median home value	$85,400	$84,700
Median gross rent	$632	$864
Housing units	570	958
Homeownership rate	64.8%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunker Hill	Grissom AFB
Population	513 → 956 (+86.4%)	2,453 → 2,882 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$46,071 → $46,389 (+0.7%)	$50,956 → $52,829 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $85,400 (+26.0%)	$59,100 → $84,700 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $632 (+9.9%)	$814 → $864 (+6.1%)

Bunker Hill

Population

513956

Median household income

$46,071$46,389

Median home value

$67,800$85,400

Median gross rent

$575$632

Grissom AFB

Population

2,4532,882

Median household income

$50,956$52,829

Median home value

$59,100$84,700

Median gross rent

$814$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunker Hill	Grissom AFB
Under 5	5.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	9.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	17.5%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	19.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	8.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.0%
75 and over	5.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunker Hill	Grissom AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	74.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.6%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunker Hill	Grissom AFB
No high school diploma	14.2%	10.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunker Hill	Grissom AFB
Drove alone	92.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunker Hill	Grissom AFB
1-unit, detached	51.4%	16.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	56.8%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bunker Hill	Grissom AFB
Poverty rate	13.3%	15.6%
Average household size	1.99	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1973	1962