Alford vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Alford and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Petersburg has the higher population (2,141 vs 227 in Alford). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($48,924 vs $35,147 in Alford). Alford has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $94,700 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Alford	Petersburg
Population	227	2,141
Median age	58.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,147	$48,924
Median home value	$115,600	$94,700
Median gross rent	—	$634
Housing units	110	1,118
Homeownership rate	89.1%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alford	Petersburg
Population	187 → 227 (+21.4%)	2,408 → 2,141 (-11.1%)
Median household income	—	$48,417 → $48,924 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $115,600 (-24.0%)	$76,100 → $94,700 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$504 → $634 (+25.8%)

Alford

Population

187227

Median home value

$152,100$115,600

Petersburg

Population

2,4082,141

Median household income

$48,417$48,924

Median home value

$76,100$94,700

Median gross rent

$504$634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alford	Petersburg
Under 5	7.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	1.3%	7.6%
55 to 64	7.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	18.1%	13.7%
75 and over	27.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alford	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alford	Petersburg
No high school diploma	13.0%	13.9%
High school graduate	69.8%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alford	Petersburg
Drove alone	100.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alford	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	86.4%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Alford	Petersburg
Poverty rate	54.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1956	1955