Denver vs Mexico

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

Denver 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 549 in Denver). Mexico has the higher median household income ($82,695 vs $70,000 in Denver). Mexico has the higher median home value ($106,800 vs $92,400 in Denver).

Population, income & housing

	Denver	Mexico
Population	549	1,122
Median age	31.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$82,695
Median home value	$92,400	$106,800
Median gross rent	$638	$600
Housing units	197	497
Homeownership rate	86.9%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denver	Mexico
Population	436 → 549 (+25.9%)	978 → 1,122 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $70,000 (+29.2%)	$51,995 → $82,695 (+59.0%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $92,400 (+21.6%)	$90,500 → $106,800 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $638 (-16.1%)	$768 → $600 (-21.9%)

Denver

Population

436549

Median household income

$54,167$70,000

Median home value

$76,000$92,400

Median gross rent

$760$638

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)

	Denver	Mexico
Under 5	6.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	6.9%
18 to 24	12.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	19.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	17.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	5.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	22.6%
65 to 74	3.5%	10.2%
75 and over	8.6%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denver	Mexico
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denver	Mexico
No high school diploma	6.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	53.2%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denver	Mexico
Drove alone	85.8%	86.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denver	Mexico
1-unit, detached	91.4%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Denver	Mexico
Poverty rate	9.9%	0.0%
Average household size	3.12	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1938	1959