Ellettsville vs Stanford

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

Ellettsville and Stanford 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 463 in Stanford). Stanford has the higher median household income ($128,356 vs $82,238 in Ellettsville). Ellettsville has the higher median home value ($224,400 vs $220,800 in Stanford).

Population, income & housing

	Ellettsville	Stanford
Population	6,653	463
Median age	35.4 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,238	$128,356
Median home value	$224,400	$220,800
Median gross rent	$746	—
Housing units	2,792	142
Homeownership rate	88.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellettsville	Stanford
Population	6,642 → 6,653 (+0.2%)	391 → 463 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$51,947 → $82,238 (+58.3%)	$123,293 → $128,356 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $224,400 (+63.6%)	$245,500 → $220,800 (-10.1%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $746 (+9.1%)	—

Ellettsville

Population

6,6426,653

Median household income

$51,947$82,238

Median home value

$137,200$224,400

Median gross rent

$684$746

Stanford

Population

391463

Median household income

$123,293$128,356

Median home value

$245,500$220,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellettsville	Stanford
Under 5	6.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	29.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.4%	23.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	24.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.8%
75 and over	9.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellettsville	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	99.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellettsville	Stanford
No high school diploma	2.0%	20.3%
High school graduate	23.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellettsville	Stanford
Drove alone	78.1%	93.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellettsville	Stanford
1-unit, detached	87.6%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Ellettsville	Stanford
Poverty rate	6.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.46	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1994	1979