Carlisle vs Paxton

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

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

Carlisle has the higher population (610 vs 320 in Paxton). Carlisle has the higher median household income ($52,143 vs $48,938 in Paxton). Paxton has the higher median home value ($87,900 vs $59,500 in Carlisle).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Paxton
Population	610	320
Median age	38.1 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,143	$48,938
Median home value	$59,500	$87,900
Median gross rent	$803	—
Housing units	335	183
Homeownership rate	74.8%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Paxton
Population	660 → 610 (-7.6%)	324 → 320 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $52,143 (+32.4%)	$45,833 → $48,938 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $59,500 (+9.6%)	$84,700 → $87,900 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $803 (+30.8%)	—

Carlisle

Population

660610

Median household income

$39,375$52,143

Median home value

$54,300$59,500

Median gross rent

$614$803

Paxton

Population

324320

Median household income

$45,833$48,938

Median home value

$84,700$87,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Paxton
Under 5	11.6%	9.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	36.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	22.6%	2.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.1%
75 and over	5.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Paxton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	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	2.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Paxton
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.0%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Paxton
Drove alone	84.1%	87.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Paxton
1-unit, detached	93.4%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Paxton
Poverty rate	17.3%	5.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1957	1973