Aberdeen vs Burns Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Aberdeen and Burns Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burns Harbor has the higher population (2,198 vs 1,761 in Aberdeen). Burns Harbor has the higher median household income ($98,333 vs $97,344 in Aberdeen). Aberdeen has the higher median home value ($344,500 vs $236,700 in Burns Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Burns Harbor
Population	1,761	2,198
Median age	52.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,344	$98,333
Median home value	$344,500	$236,700
Median gross rent	$1,669	$1,413
Housing units	797	965
Homeownership rate	86.2%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Burns Harbor
Population	1,591 → 1,761 (+10.7%)	1,980 → 2,198 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$119,676 → $97,344 (-18.7%)	$77,500 → $98,333 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$345,000 → $344,500 (-0.1%)	$167,800 → $236,700 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,327 → $1,669 (+25.8%)	$1,175 → $1,413 (+20.3%)

Aberdeen

Population

1,5911,761

Median household income

$119,676$97,344

Median home value

$345,000$344,500

Median gross rent

$1,327$1,669

Burns Harbor

Population

1,9802,198

Median household income

$77,500$98,333

Median home value

$167,800$236,700

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Burns Harbor
Under 5	1.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	2.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	21.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	21.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	17.5%	4.9%
75 and over	10.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Burns Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Burns Harbor
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Burns Harbor
Drove alone	76.2%	89.2%
Carpooled	13.8%	3.6%
Public transit	2.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Burns Harbor
1-unit, detached	53.2%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	12.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Burns Harbor
Poverty rate	0.6%	9.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1999	2008