Arthur vs Petersburg

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

Arthur 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 311 in Arthur). Arthur has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $94,700 in Petersburg). Since 2019, Arthur's population has grown faster (+57.1% vs -11.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Arthur	Petersburg
Population	311	2,141
Median age	63.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,924
Median home value	$112,500	$94,700
Median gross rent	—	$634
Housing units	182	1,118
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arthur	Petersburg
Population	198 → 311 (+57.1%)	2,408 → 2,141 (-11.1%)
Median household income	—	$48,417 → $48,924 (+1.0%)
Median home value	—	$76,100 → $94,700 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$504 → $634 (+25.8%)

Arthur

Population

198311

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)

	Arthur	Petersburg
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	8.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	2.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	30.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	1.9%	7.6%
55 to 64	6.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	23.5%	13.7%
75 and over	26.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arthur	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	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	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arthur	Petersburg
No high school diploma	2.8%	13.9%
High school graduate	53.5%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arthur	Petersburg
Drove alone	71.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	18.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arthur	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	71.4%	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	28.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Arthur	Petersburg
Poverty rate	40.8%	15.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1958	1955