Converse vs Grissom AFB

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

Converse 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 912 in Converse). Converse has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $52,829 in Grissom AFB). Converse has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $84,700 in Grissom AFB).

Population, income & housing

	Converse	Grissom AFB
Population	912	2,882
Median age	36.4 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$52,829
Median home value	$101,700	$84,700
Median gross rent	$758	$864
Housing units	534	958
Homeownership rate	78.3%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Converse	Grissom AFB
Population	1,167 → 912 (-21.9%)	2,453 → 2,882 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$46,012 → $54,167 (+17.7%)	$50,956 → $52,829 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $101,700 (+20.1%)	$59,100 → $84,700 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $758 (+36.6%)	$814 → $864 (+6.1%)

Converse

Population

1,167912

Median household income

$46,012$54,167

Median home value

$84,700$101,700

Median gross rent

$555$758

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)

	Converse	Grissom AFB
Under 5	4.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	17.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	5.9%	8.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.0%
75 and over	16.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Converse	Grissom AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.8%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Converse	Grissom AFB
No high school diploma	14.4%	10.3%
High school graduate	37.8%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Converse	Grissom AFB
Drove alone	93.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Converse	Grissom AFB
1-unit, detached	78.5%	16.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	56.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.2%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Converse	Grissom AFB
Poverty rate	20.5%	15.6%
Average household size	2.15	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1976	1962