Roachdale vs Van Bibber Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Roachdale and Van Bibber Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roachdale has the higher population (769 vs 483 in Van Bibber Lake). Roachdale has the higher median household income ($60,769 vs $32,195 in Van Bibber Lake). Since 2019, Roachdale's population has grown faster (-1.5% vs -28.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Roachdale	Van Bibber Lake
Population	769	483
Median age	31.7 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,769	$32,195
Median home value	$116,600	—
Median gross rent	$997	—
Housing units	350	325
Homeownership rate	67.0%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roachdale	Van Bibber Lake
Population	781 → 769 (-1.5%)	679 → 483 (-28.9%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $60,769 (+14.4%)	$22,352 → $32,195 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $116,600 (+48.3%)	$60,900 → $52,700 (-13.5%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $997 (+8.5%)	$1,010 → $785 (-22.3%)

Roachdale

Population

781769

Median household income

$53,125$60,769

Median home value

$78,600$116,600

Median gross rent

$919$997

Van Bibber Lake

Population

679483

Median household income

$22,352$32,195

Median home value

$60,900$52,700

Median gross rent

$1,010$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roachdale	Van Bibber Lake
Under 5	6.6%	11.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	30.6%
18 to 24	12.7%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	6.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.4%
75 and over	4.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roachdale	Van Bibber Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	93.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roachdale	Van Bibber Lake
No high school diploma	14.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	42.0%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roachdale	Van Bibber Lake
Drove alone	93.7%	7.5%
Carpooled	2.1%	51.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	41.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roachdale	Van Bibber Lake
1-unit, detached	86.0%	33.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	52.6%

Poverty & households

	Roachdale	Van Bibber Lake
Poverty rate	26.5%	20.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1957	1983