Blue Ridge vs Homer

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge and Homer: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ridge and Homer are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Ridge has the higher population (201 vs 190 in Homer). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $85,800 in Homer). Since 2019, Blue Ridge's population has grown faster (+46.7% vs -40.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Homer
Population	201	190
Median age	45.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$142,632
Median home value	$160,400	$85,800
Housing units	99	72
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Homer
Population	137 → 201 (+46.7%)	321 → 190 (-40.8%)
Median household income	—	$138,041 → $142,632 (+3.3%)
Median home value	—	$87,400 → $85,800 (-1.8%)

Blue Ridge

Population

137201

Homer

Population

321190

Median household income

$138,041$142,632

Median home value

$87,400$85,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Homer
Under 5	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	8.0%	27.9%
18 to 24	27.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	36.8%	24.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	5.3%
65 to 74	4.5%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Homer
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.4%
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	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Homer
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.6%
High school graduate	71.5%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Homer
Drove alone	21.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	73.8%	24.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Homer
1-unit, detached	100.0%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.9%
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%	52.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Homer
Poverty rate	7.0%	17.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1943	2011