Avilla vs Rome City

A side-by-side comparison of Avilla and Rome City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avilla has the higher population (2,637 vs 1,271 in Rome City). Avilla has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $72,054 in Rome City). Rome City has the higher median home value ($231,300 vs $174,500 in Avilla).

Population, income & housing

	Avilla	Rome City
Population	2,637	1,271
Median age	35.6 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,250	$72,054
Median home value	$174,500	$231,300
Median gross rent	$633	$846
Housing units	1,105	797
Homeownership rate	74.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avilla	Rome City
Population	2,538 → 2,637 (+3.9%)	1,343 → 1,271 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $73,250 (+30.2%)	$64,000 → $72,054 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$122,000 → $174,500 (+43.0%)	$190,900 → $231,300 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $633 (+9.0%)	$724 → $846 (+16.9%)

Avilla

Population

2,5382,637

Median household income

$56,250$73,250

Median home value

$122,000$174,500

Median gross rent

$581$633

Rome City

Population

1,3431,271

Median household income

$64,000$72,054

Median home value

$190,900$231,300

Median gross rent

$724$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avilla	Rome City
Under 5	7.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	9.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	16.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	7.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	18.0%
75 and over	6.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avilla	Rome City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avilla	Rome City
No high school diploma	13.4%	11.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avilla	Rome City
Drove alone	81.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	13.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avilla	Rome City
1-unit, detached	71.1%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Avilla	Rome City
Poverty rate	8.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1990	1958