Otwell vs Petersburg

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

Otwell 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 430 in Otwell). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($48,924 vs $47,422 in Otwell). Otwell has the higher median home value ($126,200 vs $94,700 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Otwell	Petersburg
Population	430	2,141
Median age	30.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,422	$48,924
Median home value	$126,200	$94,700
Median gross rent	—	$634
Housing units	183	1,118
Homeownership rate	65.6%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otwell	Petersburg
Population	390 → 430 (+10.3%)	2,408 → 2,141 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$29,375 → $47,422 (+61.4%)	$48,417 → $48,924 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$40,500 → $126,200 (+211.6%)	$76,100 → $94,700 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$172 → $175 (+1.7%)	$504 → $634 (+25.8%)

Otwell

Population

390430

Median household income

$29,375$47,422

Median home value

$40,500$126,200

Median gross rent

$172$175

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)

	Otwell	Petersburg
Under 5	14.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	5.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	22.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	28.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	13.7%
75 and over	0.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otwell	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+

	Otwell	Petersburg
No high school diploma	15.7%	13.9%
High school graduate	58.1%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otwell	Petersburg
Drove alone	69.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	13.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.9%	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)

	Otwell	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	90.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Otwell	Petersburg
Poverty rate	21.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	14	27
Median year structure built	1961	1955