Dugger vs Paxton

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

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

Dugger has the higher population (731 vs 320 in Paxton). Dugger has the higher median household income ($58,585 vs $48,938 in Paxton). Paxton has the higher median home value ($87,900 vs $79,400 in Dugger).

Population, income & housing

	Dugger	Paxton
Population	731	320
Median age	42.4 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,585	$48,938
Median home value	$79,400	$87,900
Median gross rent	$659	—
Housing units	397	183
Homeownership rate	73.6%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dugger	Paxton
Population	883 → 731 (-17.2%)	324 → 320 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$45,250 → $58,585 (+29.5%)	$45,833 → $48,938 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$65,100 → $79,400 (+22.0%)	$84,700 → $87,900 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $659 (-9.8%)	—

Dugger

Population

883731

Median household income

$45,250$58,585

Median home value

$65,100$79,400

Median gross rent

$731$659

Paxton

Population

324320

Median household income

$45,833$48,938

Median home value

$84,700$87,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dugger	Paxton
Under 5	4.4%	9.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	36.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	23.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	2.5%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.1%
75 and over	8.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dugger	Paxton
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dugger	Paxton
No high school diploma	9.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dugger	Paxton
Drove alone	86.9%	87.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dugger	Paxton
1-unit, detached	68.3%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Dugger	Paxton
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1964	1973