Granger vs New Carlisle

A side-by-side comparison of Granger and New Carlisle: population, income, housing, and more.

Granger and New Carlisle are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Granger has the higher population (30,279 vs 2,110 in New Carlisle). Granger has the higher median household income ($117,348 vs $65,625 in New Carlisle). Granger has the higher median home value ($302,500 vs $180,100 in New Carlisle).

Population, income & housing

	Granger	New Carlisle
Population	30,279	2,110
Median age	40.1 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$117,348	$65,625
Median home value	$302,500	$180,100
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,193
Housing units	10,795	925
Homeownership rate	95.8%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granger	New Carlisle
Population	30,776 → 30,279 (-1.6%)	1,916 → 2,110 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$101,904 → $117,348 (+15.2%)	$63,021 → $65,625 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$219,900 → $302,500 (+37.6%)	$148,100 → $180,100 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,491 → $1,381 (-7.4%)	$748 → $1,193 (+59.5%)

Granger

Population

30,77630,279

Median household income

$101,904$117,348

Median home value

$219,900$302,500

Median gross rent

$1,491$1,381

New Carlisle

Population

1,9162,110

Median household income

$63,021$65,625

Median home value

$148,100$180,100

Median gross rent

$748$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granger	New Carlisle
Under 5	7.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	25.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.7%
75 and over	7.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granger	New Carlisle
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granger	New Carlisle
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	17.2%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granger	New Carlisle
Drove alone	81.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	13.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granger	New Carlisle
1-unit, detached	98.6%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Granger	New Carlisle
Poverty rate	4.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.88	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1986	1979