Greencastle vs Roachdale

A side-by-side comparison of Greencastle and Roachdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greencastle has the higher population (9,863 vs 769 in Roachdale). Roachdale has the higher median household income ($60,769 vs $54,217 in Greencastle). Greencastle has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $116,600 in Roachdale).

Population, income & housing

	Greencastle	Roachdale
Population	9,863	769
Median age	28.7 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,217	$60,769
Median home value	$154,000	$116,600
Median gross rent	$904	$997
Housing units	3,805	350
Homeownership rate	41.1%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greencastle	Roachdale
Population	10,296 → 9,863 (-4.2%)	781 → 769 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$47,471 → $54,217 (+14.2%)	$53,125 → $60,769 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$105,700 → $154,000 (+45.7%)	$78,600 → $116,600 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $904 (+19.9%)	$919 → $997 (+8.5%)

Greencastle

Population

10,2969,863

Median household income

$47,471$54,217

Median home value

$105,700$154,000

Median gross rent

$754$904

Roachdale

Population

781769

Median household income

$53,125$60,769

Median home value

$78,600$116,600

Median gross rent

$919$997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greencastle	Roachdale
Under 5	4.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	10.8%	23.4%
18 to 24	29.6%	12.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.5%
75 and over	8.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greencastle	Roachdale
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	99.2%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greencastle	Roachdale
No high school diploma	11.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	36.4%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greencastle	Roachdale
Drove alone	66.7%	93.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greencastle	Roachdale
1-unit, detached	55.7%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Greencastle	Roachdale
Poverty rate	8.7%	26.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1971	1957