Cross Plains vs Napoleon

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

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

Napoleon has the higher population (247 vs 44 in Cross Plains). Napoleon has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $46,563 in Cross Plains). Since 2019, Napoleon's population has grown faster (+5.6% vs -50.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Plains	Napoleon
Population	44	247
Median age	46.5 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$58,750
Median home value	—	$156,300
Median gross rent	—	$527
Housing units	28	128
Homeownership rate	28.6%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Plains	Napoleon
Population	89 → 44 (-50.6%)	234 → 247 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $46,563 (+28.4%)	$21,125 → $58,750 (+178.1%)
Median home value	—	$94,300 → $156,300 (+65.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$388 → $527 (+35.8%)

Cross Plains

Population

8944

Median household income

$36,250$46,563

Napoleon

Population

234247

Median household income

$21,125$58,750

Median home value

$94,300$156,300

Median gross rent

$388$527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Plains	Napoleon
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.9%
35 to 44	40.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	18.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	5.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	20.2%
75 and over	40.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Plains	Napoleon
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	Napoleon
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	75.0%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Plains	Napoleon
Drove alone	53.3%	98.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	46.7%	2.0%
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	Napoleon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	32.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Cross Plains	Napoleon
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.7%
Average household size	1.57	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1954	1974