Kendallville vs Rome City

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

Kendallville and Rome City 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 1,271 in Rome City). Rome City has the higher median household income ($72,054 vs $60,909 in Kendallville). Rome City has the higher median home value ($231,300 vs $130,600 in Kendallville).

Population, income & housing

	Kendallville	Rome City
Population	10,094	1,271
Median age	40.6 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,909	$72,054
Median home value	$130,600	$231,300
Median gross rent	$696	$846
Housing units	4,556	797
Homeownership rate	59.4%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kendallville	Rome City
Population	9,347 → 10,094 (+8.0%)	1,343 → 1,271 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$43,073 → $60,909 (+41.4%)	$64,000 → $72,054 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $130,600 (+31.1%)	$190,900 → $231,300 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $696 (+4.3%)	$724 → $846 (+16.9%)

Kendallville

Population

9,34710,094

Median household income

$43,073$60,909

Median home value

$99,600$130,600

Median gross rent

$667$696

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)

	Kendallville	Rome City
Under 5	6.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	9.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	18.0%
75 and over	8.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kendallville	Rome City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kendallville	Rome City
No high school diploma	18.6%	11.8%
High school graduate	41.5%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kendallville	Rome City
Drove alone	78.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	13.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.4%
Other means	1.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kendallville	Rome City
1-unit, detached	57.9%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Kendallville	Rome City
Poverty rate	12.7%	9.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1969	1958