Ligonier vs Rome City

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

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

Ligonier has the higher population (4,263 vs 1,271 in Rome City). Rome City has the higher median household income ($72,054 vs $56,286 in Ligonier). Rome City has the higher median home value ($231,300 vs $101,100 in Ligonier).

Population, income & housing

	Ligonier	Rome City
Population	4,263	1,271
Median age	30.8 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,286	$72,054
Median home value	$101,100	$231,300
Median gross rent	$854	$846
Housing units	1,639	797
Homeownership rate	53.7%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ligonier	Rome City
Population	4,654 → 4,263 (-8.4%)	1,343 → 1,271 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$47,730 → $56,286 (+17.9%)	$64,000 → $72,054 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $101,100 (+34.4%)	$190,900 → $231,300 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $854 (+22.5%)	$724 → $846 (+16.9%)

Ligonier

Population

4,6544,263

Median household income

$47,730$56,286

Median home value

$75,200$101,100

Median gross rent

$697$854

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)

	Ligonier	Rome City
Under 5	9.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	9.7%
18 to 24	12.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	18.0%
75 and over	5.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ligonier	Rome City
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	58.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ligonier	Rome City
No high school diploma	33.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	47.9%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ligonier	Rome City
Drove alone	68.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	25.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ligonier	Rome City
1-unit, detached	61.1%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Ligonier	Rome City
Poverty rate	6.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1974	1958