Evansville vs St. Wendel

A side-by-side comparison of Evansville and St. Wendel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Evansville has the higher population (116,441 vs 1,120 in St. Wendel). St. Wendel has the higher median household income ($83,182 vs $52,251 in Evansville). St. Wendel has the higher median home value ($267,900 vs $129,100 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	St. Wendel
Population	116,441	1,120
Median age	38.1 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,251	$83,182
Median home value	$129,100	$267,900
Median gross rent	$949	—
Housing units	58,785	418
Homeownership rate	53.9%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	St. Wendel
Population	118,588 → 116,441 (-1.8%)	893 → 1,120 (+25.4%)
Median household income	$40,178 → $52,251 (+30.0%)	$70,560 → $83,182 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $129,100 (+37.0%)	$263,300 → $267,900 (+1.7%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $949 (+22.6%)	—

Evansville

Population

118,588116,441

Median household income

$40,178$52,251

Median home value

$94,200$129,100

Median gross rent

$774$949

St. Wendel

Population

8931,120

Median household income

$70,560$83,182

Median home value

$263,300$267,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evansville	St. Wendel
Under 5	6.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	24.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	19.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	4.8%
75 and over	7.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	St. Wendel
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	84.2%
Black or African American	13.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	St. Wendel
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	St. Wendel
Drove alone	78.5%	75.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	15.1%
Public transit	1.0%	3.5%
Walked	3.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	St. Wendel
1-unit, detached	64.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	St. Wendel
Poverty rate	18.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1960	1970