Cross Plains vs Holton

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

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

Holton has the higher population (640 vs 44 in Cross Plains). Holton has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $46,563 in Cross Plains). Since 2019, Holton's population has grown faster (+28.0% vs -50.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Plains	Holton
Population	44	640
Median age	46.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$61,250
Median home value	—	$88,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,063
Housing units	28	272
Homeownership rate	28.6%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Plains	Holton
Population	89 → 44 (-50.6%)	500 → 640 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $46,563 (+28.4%)	$51,250 → $61,250 (+19.5%)
Median home value	—	$77,100 → $88,600 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$943 → $1,063 (+12.7%)

Cross Plains

Population

8944

Median household income

$36,250$46,563

Holton

Population

500640

Median household income

$51,250$61,250

Median home value

$77,100$88,600

Median gross rent

$943$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Plains	Holton
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	23.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	40.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	18.2%	22.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.8%
75 and over	40.9%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Plains	Holton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	88.9%
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%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Plains	Holton
No high school diploma	0.0%	21.2%
High school graduate	75.0%	61.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Plains	Holton
Drove alone	53.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	46.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Plains	Holton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	25.7%

Poverty & households

	Cross Plains	Holton
Poverty rate	0.0%	24.4%
Average household size	1.57	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1954	1971