Mecca vs Rosedale

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

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

Mecca has the higher population (670 vs 540 in Rosedale). Rosedale has the higher median household income ($57,188 vs $42,917 in Mecca). Rosedale has the higher median home value ($100,600 vs $57,000 in Mecca).

Population, income & housing

	Mecca	Rosedale
Population	670	540
Median age	27.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,917	$57,188
Median home value	$57,000	$100,600
Median gross rent	$592	$638
Housing units	225	302
Homeownership rate	60.0%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mecca	Rosedale
Population	365 → 670 (+83.6%)	845 → 540 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$42,625 → $42,917 (+0.7%)	$53,068 → $57,188 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $57,000 (+11.3%)	$66,500 → $100,600 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $592 (-6.0%)	$543 → $638 (+17.5%)

Mecca

Population

365670

Median household income

$42,625$42,917

Median home value

$51,200$57,000

Median gross rent

$630$592

Rosedale

Population

845540

Median household income

$53,068$57,188

Median home value

$66,500$100,600

Median gross rent

$543$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mecca	Rosedale
Under 5	11.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	7.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.3%
75 and over	6.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mecca	Rosedale
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mecca	Rosedale
No high school diploma	15.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	45.9%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mecca	Rosedale
Drove alone	80.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	13.3%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mecca	Rosedale
1-unit, detached	75.1%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Mecca	Rosedale
Poverty rate	19.9%	15.4%
Average household size	3.35	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1938	1961