Bluffton vs Liberty Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffton and Liberty Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluffton has the higher population (10,539 vs 409 in Liberty Center). Liberty Center has the higher median household income ($82,966 vs $57,929 in Bluffton). Since 2019, Liberty Center's population has grown faster (+146.4% vs +6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Liberty Center
Population	10,539	409
Median age	38.9 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,929	$82,966
Median home value	$136,800	—
Median gross rent	$816	—
Housing units	4,791	123
Homeownership rate	63.7%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Liberty Center
Population	9,919 → 10,539 (+6.3%)	166 → 409 (+146.4%)
Median household income	$47,593 → $57,929 (+21.7%)	$68,594 → $82,966 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$100,300 → $136,800 (+36.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$622 → $816 (+31.2%)	—

Bluffton

Population

9,91910,539

Median household income

$47,593$57,929

Median home value

$100,300$136,800

Median gross rent

$622$816

Liberty Center

Population

166409

Median household income

$68,594$82,966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Liberty Center
Under 5	6.7%	11.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	33.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	30.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	2.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	3.9%
75 and over	7.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Liberty Center
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	37.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	62.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Liberty Center
No high school diploma	7.6%	46.3%
High school graduate	44.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Liberty Center
Drove alone	82.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Liberty Center
1-unit, detached	66.6%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Liberty Center
Poverty rate	9.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1968	1938