Boston vs Whitewater

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

Boston and Whitewater 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 71 in Whitewater). Boston has the higher median household income ($67,734 vs $60,536 in Whitewater). Whitewater has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $75,000 in Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Whitewater
Population	262	71
Median age	33.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,734	$60,536
Median home value	$75,000	$80,000
Median gross rent	$942	—
Housing units	100	31
Homeownership rate	50.5%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Whitewater
Population	149 → 262 (+75.8%)	70 → 71 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $67,734 (+93.5%)	$45,833 → $60,536 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $75,000 (-6.3%)	$63,300 → $80,000 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $942 (-1.7%)	—

Boston

Population

149262

Median household income

$35,000$67,734

Median home value

$80,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$958$942

Whitewater

Population

7071

Median household income

$45,833$60,536

Median home value

$63,300$80,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Whitewater
Under 5	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	17.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	22.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	21.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	5.0%	11.3%
75 and over	0.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Whitewater
No high school diploma	15.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.1%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Whitewater
Drove alone	80.5%	72.2%
Carpooled	18.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	93.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Whitewater
Poverty rate	34.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.88	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1941	1963