Medaryville vs Star City

A side-by-side comparison of Medaryville and Star City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Medaryville has the higher population (749 vs 211 in Star City). Medaryville has the higher median household income ($82,632 vs $40,536 in Star City). Since 2019, Star City's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs +6.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Medaryville	Star City
Population	749	211
Median age	20.6 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,632	$40,536
Median home value	$73,700	—
Median gross rent	$800	—
Housing units	263	149
Homeownership rate	82.0%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.4%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medaryville	Star City
Population	701 → 749 (+6.8%)	171 → 211 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$35,208 → $82,632 (+134.7%)	$34,306 → $40,536 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$60,500 → $73,700 (+21.8%)	$87,200 → $9,999 (-88.5%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $800 (+20.3%)	—

Medaryville

Population

701749

Median household income

$35,208$82,632

Median home value

$60,500$73,700

Median gross rent

$665$800

Star City

Population

171211

Median household income

$34,306$40,536

Median home value

$87,200$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medaryville	Star City
Under 5	8.0%	13.3%
5 to 17	37.4%	2.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	5.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	2.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	39.3%
75 and over	5.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medaryville	Star City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medaryville	Star City
No high school diploma	16.9%	10.7%
High school graduate	51.8%	62.7%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medaryville	Star City
Drove alone	80.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medaryville	Star City
1-unit, detached	85.6%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Medaryville	Star City
Poverty rate	5.4%	0.0%
Average household size	3.86	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	36	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938