Cross Plains vs Pierceville

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

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

Pierceville has the higher population (108 vs 44 in Cross Plains). Pierceville has the higher median household income ($56,750 vs $46,563 in Cross Plains). Since 2019, Pierceville's population has grown faster (-16.9% vs -50.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Plains	Pierceville
Population	44	108
Median age	46.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$56,750
Median home value	—	$178,900
Housing units	28	58
Homeownership rate	28.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Plains	Pierceville
Population	89 → 44 (-50.6%)	130 → 108 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $46,563 (+28.4%)	$53,750 → $56,750 (+5.6%)
Median home value	—	$149,400 → $178,900 (+19.7%)

Cross Plains

Population

8944

Median household income

$36,250$46,563

Pierceville

Population

130108

Median household income

$53,750$56,750

Median home value

$149,400$178,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Plains	Pierceville
Under 5	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	40.9%	24.1%
45 to 54	18.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.3%
75 and over	40.9%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Plains	Pierceville
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	Pierceville
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	75.0%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Plains	Pierceville
Drove alone	53.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	46.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	27.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Plains	Pierceville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cross Plains	Pierceville
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.57	3.38
Median year structure built	1954	1972