Cross Plains vs Delaware

A side-by-side comparison of Cross Plains and Delaware: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delaware has the higher population (438 vs 44 in Cross Plains). Delaware has the higher median household income ($73,663 vs $46,563 in Cross Plains). Since 2019, Delaware's population has grown faster (+26.6% vs -50.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Plains	Delaware
Population	44	438
Median age	46.5 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$73,663
Median home value	—	$162,300
Housing units	28	192
Homeownership rate	28.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Plains	Delaware
Population	89 → 44 (-50.6%)	346 → 438 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $46,563 (+28.4%)	—

Cross Plains

Population

8944

Median household income

$36,250$46,563

Delaware

Population

346438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Plains	Delaware
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.0%
35 to 44	40.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	40.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	26.9%
75 and over	40.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Plains	Delaware
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Plains	Delaware
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	75.0%	85.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	6.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Plains	Delaware
Drove alone	53.3%	83.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	46.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Plains	Delaware
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Cross Plains	Delaware
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.4%
Average household size	1.57	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1954	1944