Cambridge City vs Fountain City

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge City and Fountain City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cambridge City has the higher population (1,623 vs 718 in Fountain City). Cambridge City has the higher median household income ($46,500 vs $46,106 in Fountain City). Cambridge City has the higher median home value ($97,400 vs $96,900 in Fountain City).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge City	Fountain City
Population	1,623	718
Median age	36.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,500	$46,106
Median home value	$97,400	$96,900
Median gross rent	$767	$647
Housing units	878	370
Homeownership rate	71.1%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge City	Fountain City
Population	1,744 → 1,623 (-6.9%)	740 → 718 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$37,685 → $46,500 (+23.4%)	$50,357 → $46,106 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $97,400 (+36.2%)	$78,100 → $96,900 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $767 (+13.5%)	$688 → $647 (-6.0%)

Cambridge City

Population

1,7441,623

Median household income

$37,685$46,500

Median home value

$71,500$97,400

Median gross rent

$676$767

Fountain City

Population

740718

Median household income

$50,357$46,106

Median home value

$78,100$96,900

Median gross rent

$688$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge City	Fountain City
Under 5	6.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.3%
75 and over	7.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge City	Fountain City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge City	Fountain City
No high school diploma	12.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	36.0%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge City	Fountain City
Drove alone	88.1%	88.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge City	Fountain City
1-unit, detached	88.0%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge City	Fountain City
Poverty rate	20.5%	15.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1950	1952