Dale vs St. Meinrad

A side-by-side comparison of Dale and St. Meinrad: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dale has the higher population (1,569 vs 604 in St. Meinrad). Dale has the higher median household income ($58,508 vs $52,054 in St. Meinrad). St. Meinrad has the higher median home value ($203,800 vs $119,200 in Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Dale	St. Meinrad
Population	1,569	604
Median age	34.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,508	$52,054
Median home value	$119,200	$203,800
Median gross rent	$800	$588
Housing units	546	324
Homeownership rate	70.9%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	25.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dale	St. Meinrad
Population	1,482 → 1,569 (+5.9%)	658 → 604 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$44,097 → $58,508 (+32.7%)	$63,167 → $52,054 (-17.6%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $119,200 (+29.8%)	$114,800 → $203,800 (+77.5%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $800 (+32.2%)	$579 → $588 (+1.6%)

Dale

Population

1,4821,569

Median household income

$44,097$58,508

Median home value

$91,800$119,200

Median gross rent

$605$800

St. Meinrad

Population

658604

Median household income

$63,167$52,054

Median home value

$114,800$203,800

Median gross rent

$579$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dale	St. Meinrad
Under 5	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	14.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	14.1%
75 and over	7.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dale	St. Meinrad
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dale	St. Meinrad
No high school diploma	18.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	49.7%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dale	St. Meinrad
Drove alone	86.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dale	St. Meinrad
1-unit, detached	68.3%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	12.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dale	St. Meinrad
Poverty rate	4.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.91	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	13
Median year structure built	1975	1948