Carlisle vs Sullivan

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

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

Sullivan has the higher population (4,250 vs 610 in Carlisle). Carlisle has the higher median household income ($52,143 vs $44,313 in Sullivan). Sullivan has the higher median home value ($97,000 vs $59,500 in Carlisle).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Sullivan
Population	610	4,250
Median age	38.1 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,143	$44,313
Median home value	$59,500	$97,000
Median gross rent	$803	$836
Housing units	335	2,044
Homeownership rate	74.8%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Sullivan
Population	660 → 610 (-7.6%)	4,082 → 4,250 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $52,143 (+32.4%)	$34,402 → $44,313 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $59,500 (+9.6%)	$73,700 → $97,000 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $803 (+30.8%)	$616 → $836 (+35.7%)

Carlisle

Population

660610

Median household income

$39,375$52,143

Median home value

$54,300$59,500

Median gross rent

$614$803

Sullivan

Population

4,0824,250

Median household income

$34,402$44,313

Median home value

$73,700$97,000

Median gross rent

$616$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Sullivan
Under 5	11.6%	10.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	22.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.3%
75 and over	5.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Sullivan
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	93.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	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%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Sullivan
No high school diploma	3.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	56.0%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Sullivan
Drove alone	84.1%	88.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	1.9%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Sullivan
1-unit, detached	93.4%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Sullivan
Poverty rate	17.3%	20.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1957	1959