Fountain City vs Spring Grove

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

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

Fountain City has the higher population (718 vs 492 in Spring Grove). Spring Grove has the higher median household income ($55,804 vs $46,106 in Fountain City). Spring Grove has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $96,900 in Fountain City).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain City	Spring Grove
Population	718	492
Median age	41.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,106	$55,804
Median home value	$96,900	$133,300
Median gross rent	$647	$441
Housing units	370	232
Homeownership rate	75.9%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain City	Spring Grove
Population	740 → 718 (-3.0%)	456 → 492 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$50,357 → $46,106 (-8.4%)	$64,375 → $55,804 (-13.3%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $96,900 (+24.1%)	$107,400 → $133,300 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $647 (-6.0%)	$725 → $441 (-39.2%)

Fountain City

Population

740718

Median household income

$50,357$46,106

Median home value

$78,100$96,900

Median gross rent

$688$647

Spring Grove

Population

456492

Median household income

$64,375$55,804

Median home value

$107,400$133,300

Median gross rent

$725$441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain City	Spring Grove
Under 5	6.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	12.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.8%
75 and over	9.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain City	Spring Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	91.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain City	Spring Grove
No high school diploma	7.8%	12.0%
High school graduate	52.0%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain City	Spring Grove
Drove alone	88.1%	68.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	25.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain City	Spring Grove
1-unit, detached	67.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountain City	Spring Grove
Poverty rate	15.8%	22.4%
Average household size	2.31	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	12
Median year structure built	1952	1957