Cannelton vs Tell City

A side-by-side comparison of Cannelton and Tell City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tell City has the higher population (7,490 vs 1,506 in Cannelton). Tell City has the higher median household income ($50,702 vs $35,900 in Cannelton). Tell City has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $85,600 in Cannelton).

Population, income & housing

	Cannelton	Tell City
Population	1,506	7,490
Median age	36.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,900	$50,702
Median home value	$85,600	$121,200
Median gross rent	$719	$646
Housing units	760	3,776
Homeownership rate	50.5%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cannelton	Tell City
Population	1,470 → 1,506 (+2.4%)	7,256 → 7,490 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$28,922 → $35,900 (+24.1%)	$44,809 → $50,702 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $85,600 (+31.3%)	$101,700 → $121,200 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$553 → $719 (+30.0%)	$544 → $646 (+18.8%)

Cannelton

Population

1,4701,506

Median household income

$28,922$35,900

Median home value

$65,200$85,600

Median gross rent

$553$719

Tell City

Population

7,2567,490

Median household income

$44,809$50,702

Median home value

$101,700$121,200

Median gross rent

$544$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cannelton	Tell City
Under 5	6.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.2%
75 and over	3.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cannelton	Tell City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cannelton	Tell City
No high school diploma	15.8%	8.2%
High school graduate	49.5%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cannelton	Tell City
Drove alone	81.5%	87.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cannelton	Tell City
1-unit, detached	62.6%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	7.3%
20 or more units	13.3%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Cannelton	Tell City
Poverty rate	32.5%	19.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1957	1965