Boston vs Economy

A side-by-side comparison of Boston and Economy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boston has the higher population (262 vs 150 in Economy). Boston has the higher median household income ($67,734 vs $44,063 in Economy). Boston has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $50,000 in Economy).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Economy
Population	262	150
Median age	33.6 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,734	$44,063
Median home value	$75,000	$50,000
Median gross rent	$942	$708
Housing units	100	76
Homeownership rate	50.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Economy
Population	149 → 262 (+75.8%)	135 → 150 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $67,734 (+93.5%)	$48,125 → $44,063 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $75,000 (-6.3%)	$67,500 → $50,000 (-25.9%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $942 (-1.7%)	$769 → $708 (-7.9%)

Boston

Population

149262

Median household income

$35,000$67,734

Median home value

$80,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$958$942

Economy

Population

135150

Median household income

$48,125$44,063

Median home value

$67,500$50,000

Median gross rent

$769$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Economy
Under 5	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	22.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	1.3%
25 to 34	17.9%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	19.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	19.5%	6.0%
65 to 74	5.0%	18.0%
75 and over	0.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Economy
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	96.7%
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	1.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Economy
No high school diploma	15.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	40.1%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Economy
Drove alone	80.5%	63.6%
Carpooled	18.0%	34.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Economy
1-unit, detached	93.0%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Economy
Poverty rate	34.3%	20.0%
Average household size	2.88	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1941	1938