Tell City vs Troy

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

Tell City and Troy 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 539 in Troy). Tell City has the higher median household income ($50,702 vs $50,000 in Troy). Tell City has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $95,600 in Troy).

Population, income & housing

	Tell City	Troy
Population	7,490	539
Median age	38.8 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,702	$50,000
Median home value	$121,200	$95,600
Median gross rent	$646	$906
Housing units	3,776	211
Homeownership rate	63.7%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tell City	Troy
Population	7,256 → 7,490 (+3.2%)	384 → 539 (+40.4%)
Median household income	$44,809 → $50,702 (+13.2%)	$45,625 → $50,000 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $121,200 (+19.2%)	$70,600 → $95,600 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $646 (+18.8%)	$795 → $906 (+14.0%)

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

Troy

Population

384539

Median household income

$45,625$50,000

Median home value

$70,600$95,600

Median gross rent

$795$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tell City	Troy
Under 5	5.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	32.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	17.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	2.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.9%
75 and over	9.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tell City	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	94.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tell City	Troy
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	43.3%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tell City	Troy
Drove alone	87.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tell City	Troy
1-unit, detached	73.9%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	31.8%

Poverty & households

	Tell City	Troy
Poverty rate	19.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1965	1963