Dale vs Santa Claus

A side-by-side comparison of Dale and Santa Claus: population, income, housing, and more.

Dale and Santa Claus are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Santa Claus has the higher population (2,822 vs 1,569 in Dale). Santa Claus has the higher median household income ($101,875 vs $58,508 in Dale). Santa Claus has the higher median home value ($247,400 vs $119,200 in Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Dale	Santa Claus
Population	1,569	2,822
Median age	34.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,508	$101,875
Median home value	$119,200	$247,400
Median gross rent	$800	$1,275
Housing units	546	1,137
Homeownership rate	70.9%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dale	Santa Claus
Population	1,482 → 1,569 (+5.9%)	2,670 → 2,822 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$44,097 → $58,508 (+32.7%)	$77,426 → $101,875 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $119,200 (+29.8%)	$166,700 → $247,400 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $800 (+32.2%)	$1,022 → $1,275 (+24.8%)

Dale

Population

1,4821,569

Median household income

$44,097$58,508

Median home value

$91,800$119,200

Median gross rent

$605$800

Santa Claus

Population

2,6702,822

Median household income

$77,426$101,875

Median home value

$166,700$247,400

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dale	Santa Claus
Under 5	9.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	23.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.8%
75 and over	7.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dale	Santa Claus
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dale	Santa Claus
No high school diploma	18.2%	1.1%
High school graduate	49.7%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dale	Santa Claus
Drove alone	86.8%	85.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	8.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dale	Santa Claus
1-unit, detached	68.3%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dale	Santa Claus
Poverty rate	4.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1975	1995