Converse vs Mexico

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

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

Mexico has the higher population (1,122 vs 912 in Converse). Mexico has the higher median household income ($82,695 vs $54,167 in Converse). Mexico has the higher median home value ($106,800 vs $101,700 in Converse).

Population, income & housing

	Converse	Mexico
Population	912	1,122
Median age	36.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$82,695
Median home value	$101,700	$106,800
Median gross rent	$758	$600
Housing units	534	497
Homeownership rate	78.3%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Converse	Mexico
Population	1,167 → 912 (-21.9%)	978 → 1,122 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$46,012 → $54,167 (+17.7%)	$51,995 → $82,695 (+59.0%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $101,700 (+20.1%)	$90,500 → $106,800 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $758 (+36.6%)	$768 → $600 (-21.9%)

Converse

Population

1,167912

Median household income

$46,012$54,167

Median home value

$84,700$101,700

Median gross rent

$555$758

Mexico

Population

9781,122

Median household income

$51,995$82,695

Median home value

$90,500$106,800

Median gross rent

$768$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Converse	Mexico
Under 5	4.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	6.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	19.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	5.0%
55 to 64	5.9%	22.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.2%
75 and over	16.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Converse	Mexico
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	1.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Converse	Mexico
No high school diploma	14.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	37.8%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Converse	Mexico
Drove alone	93.1%	86.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Converse	Mexico
1-unit, detached	78.5%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Converse	Mexico
Poverty rate	20.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1976	1959