Putnamville vs Roachdale

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

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

Putnamville has the higher population (2,126 vs 769 in Roachdale). Putnamville has the higher median household income ($147,527 vs $60,769 in Roachdale). Since 2019, Roachdale's population has grown faster (-1.5% vs -2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Putnamville	Roachdale
Population	2,126	769
Median age	37.8 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$147,527	$60,769
Median home value	—	$116,600
Median gross rent	—	$997
Housing units	91	350
Homeownership rate	81.3%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Putnamville	Roachdale
Population	2,180 → 2,126 (-2.5%)	781 → 769 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$86,705 → $147,527 (+70.1%)	$53,125 → $60,769 (+14.4%)
Median home value	—	$78,600 → $116,600 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$919 → $997 (+8.5%)

Putnamville

Population

2,1802,126

Median household income

$86,705$147,527

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)

	Putnamville	Roachdale
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	3.6%	23.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	12.7%
25 to 34	22.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	32.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	20.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	7.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	2.4%	9.5%
75 and over	0.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Putnamville	Roachdale
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	99.2%
Black or African American	32.0%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Putnamville	Roachdale
No high school diploma	16.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	64.0%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Putnamville	Roachdale
Drove alone	99.4%	93.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Putnamville	Roachdale
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Putnamville	Roachdale
Poverty rate	0.0%	26.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	13	30
Median year structure built	1986	1957