Kimmell vs Rome City

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

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

Rome City has the higher population (1,271 vs 459 in Kimmell). Rome City has the higher median household income ($72,054 vs $43,367 in Kimmell). Rome City has the higher median home value ($231,300 vs $91,900 in Kimmell).

Population, income & housing

	Kimmell	Rome City
Population	459	1,271
Median age	48.0 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,367	$72,054
Median home value	$91,900	$231,300
Median gross rent	$861	$846
Housing units	202	797
Homeownership rate	67.8%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kimmell	Rome City
Population	574 → 459 (-20.0%)	1,343 → 1,271 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$40,938 → $43,367 (+5.9%)	$64,000 → $72,054 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $91,900 (+13.0%)	$190,900 → $231,300 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $861 (+22.8%)	$724 → $846 (+16.9%)

Kimmell

Population

574459

Median household income

$40,938$43,367

Median home value

$81,300$91,900

Median gross rent

$701$861

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)

	Kimmell	Rome City
Under 5	12.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	9.2%	9.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	25.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	3.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	17.9%	18.0%
75 and over	2.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kimmell	Rome City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kimmell	Rome City
No high school diploma	32.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	55.7%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kimmell	Rome City
Drove alone	100.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kimmell	Rome City
1-unit, detached	95.0%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Kimmell	Rome City
Poverty rate	24.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1938	1958