Mecca vs Montezuma

A side-by-side comparison of Mecca and Montezuma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montezuma has the higher population (900 vs 670 in Mecca). Montezuma has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $42,917 in Mecca). Montezuma has the higher median home value ($65,300 vs $57,000 in Mecca).

Population, income & housing

	Mecca	Montezuma
Population	670	900
Median age	27.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,917	$43,750
Median home value	$57,000	$65,300
Median gross rent	$592	$925
Housing units	225	436
Homeownership rate	60.0%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mecca	Montezuma
Population	365 → 670 (+83.6%)	887 → 900 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$42,625 → $42,917 (+0.7%)	$44,375 → $43,750 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $57,000 (+11.3%)	$58,800 → $65,300 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $592 (-6.0%)	$700 → $925 (+32.1%)

Mecca

Population

365670

Median household income

$42,625$42,917

Median home value

$51,200$57,000

Median gross rent

$630$592

Montezuma

Population

887900

Median household income

$44,375$43,750

Median home value

$58,800$65,300

Median gross rent

$700$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mecca	Montezuma
Under 5	11.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	22.7%	27.0%
18 to 24	13.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	7.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.4%
75 and over	6.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mecca	Montezuma
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mecca	Montezuma
No high school diploma	15.1%	18.0%
High school graduate	45.9%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mecca	Montezuma
Drove alone	80.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mecca	Montezuma
1-unit, detached	75.1%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Mecca	Montezuma
Poverty rate	19.9%	15.9%
Average household size	3.35	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1938	1947