Ellettsville vs Smithville-Sanders

A side-by-side comparison of Ellettsville and Smithville-Sanders: population, income, housing, and more.

Ellettsville and Smithville-Sanders are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ellettsville has the higher population (6,653 vs 3,228 in Smithville-Sanders). Ellettsville has the higher median household income ($82,238 vs $72,331 in Smithville-Sanders). Smithville-Sanders has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $224,400 in Ellettsville).

Population, income & housing

	Ellettsville	Smithville-Sanders
Population	6,653	3,228
Median age	35.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,238	$72,331
Median home value	$224,400	$256,900
Median gross rent	$746	$993
Housing units	2,792	1,922
Homeownership rate	88.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellettsville	Smithville-Sanders
Population	6,642 → 6,653 (+0.2%)	3,424 → 3,228 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$51,947 → $82,238 (+58.3%)	$86,213 → $72,331 (-16.1%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $224,400 (+63.6%)	$167,700 → $256,900 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $746 (+9.1%)	$1,076 → $993 (-7.7%)

Ellettsville

Population

6,6426,653

Median household income

$51,947$82,238

Median home value

$137,200$224,400

Median gross rent

$684$746

Smithville-Sanders

Population

3,4243,228

Median household income

$86,213$72,331

Median home value

$167,700$256,900

Median gross rent

$1,076$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellettsville	Smithville-Sanders
Under 5	6.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	19.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	21.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.7%
75 and over	9.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellettsville	Smithville-Sanders
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellettsville	Smithville-Sanders
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	23.6%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellettsville	Smithville-Sanders
Drove alone	78.1%	76.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellettsville	Smithville-Sanders
1-unit, detached	87.6%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	18.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Ellettsville	Smithville-Sanders
Poverty rate	6.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1994	1984