Kendallville vs Ligonier

A side-by-side comparison of Kendallville and Ligonier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kendallville has the higher population (10,094 vs 4,263 in Ligonier). Kendallville has the higher median household income ($60,909 vs $56,286 in Ligonier). Kendallville has the higher median home value ($130,600 vs $101,100 in Ligonier).

Population, income & housing

	Kendallville	Ligonier
Population	10,094	4,263
Median age	40.6 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,909	$56,286
Median home value	$130,600	$101,100
Median gross rent	$696	$854
Housing units	4,556	1,639
Homeownership rate	59.4%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kendallville	Ligonier
Population	9,347 → 10,094 (+8.0%)	4,654 → 4,263 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$43,073 → $60,909 (+41.4%)	$47,730 → $56,286 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $130,600 (+31.1%)	$75,200 → $101,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $696 (+4.3%)	$697 → $854 (+22.5%)

Kendallville

Population

9,34710,094

Median household income

$43,073$60,909

Median home value

$99,600$130,600

Median gross rent

$667$696

Ligonier

Population

4,6544,263

Median household income

$47,730$56,286

Median home value

$75,200$101,100

Median gross rent

$697$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kendallville	Ligonier
Under 5	6.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	12.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	16.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	5.4%
75 and over	8.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kendallville	Ligonier
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	39.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	58.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kendallville	Ligonier
No high school diploma	18.6%	33.7%
High school graduate	41.5%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	11.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kendallville	Ligonier
Drove alone	78.8%	68.7%
Carpooled	13.7%	25.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kendallville	Ligonier
1-unit, detached	57.9%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	14.8%
20 or more units	10.1%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Kendallville	Ligonier
Poverty rate	12.7%	6.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1969	1974