Orleans vs West Baden Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Orleans and West Baden Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Orleans and West Baden Springs are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orleans has the higher population (2,191 vs 608 in West Baden Springs). Orleans has the higher median household income ($64,504 vs $38,750 in West Baden Springs). West Baden Springs has the higher median home value ($120,500 vs $109,900 in Orleans).

Population, income & housing

	Orleans	West Baden Springs
Population	2,191	608
Median age	47.3 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,504	$38,750
Median home value	$109,900	$120,500
Median gross rent	$817	$818
Housing units	1,013	292
Homeownership rate	58.6%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orleans	West Baden Springs
Population	2,028 → 2,191 (+8.0%)	511 → 608 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$41,771 → $64,504 (+54.4%)	$39,444 → $38,750 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$91,000 → $109,900 (+20.8%)	$99,400 → $120,500 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $817 (+34.4%)	$496 → $818 (+64.9%)

Orleans

Population

2,0282,191

Median household income

$41,771$64,504

Median home value

$91,000$109,900

Median gross rent

$608$817

West Baden Springs

Population

511608

Median household income

$39,444$38,750

Median home value

$99,400$120,500

Median gross rent

$496$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orleans	West Baden Springs
Under 5	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	11.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	15.0%
75 and over	9.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orleans	West Baden Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orleans	West Baden Springs
No high school diploma	17.7%	25.5%
High school graduate	48.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orleans	West Baden Springs
Drove alone	82.2%	74.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	1.2%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	6.5%	2.9%
Other means	3.8%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orleans	West Baden Springs
1-unit, detached	74.0%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Orleans	West Baden Springs
Poverty rate	16.1%	17.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1971	1977