Bluffton vs Ossian

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

Bluffton and Ossian 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 3,342 in Ossian). Ossian has the higher median household income ($67,641 vs $57,929 in Bluffton). Ossian has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $136,800 in Bluffton).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Ossian
Population	10,539	3,342
Median age	38.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,929	$67,641
Median home value	$136,800	$184,000
Median gross rent	$816	$896
Housing units	4,791	1,662
Homeownership rate	63.7%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Ossian
Population	9,919 → 10,539 (+6.3%)	3,350 → 3,342 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$47,593 → $57,929 (+21.7%)	$54,531 → $67,641 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$100,300 → $136,800 (+36.4%)	$119,800 → $184,000 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $816 (+31.2%)	$708 → $896 (+26.6%)

Bluffton

Population

9,91910,539

Median household income

$47,593$57,929

Median home value

$100,300$136,800

Median gross rent

$622$816

Ossian

Population

3,3503,342

Median household income

$54,531$67,641

Median home value

$119,800$184,000

Median gross rent

$708$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Ossian
Under 5	6.7%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.0%
75 and over	7.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Ossian
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	98.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.2%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Ossian
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	44.2%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Ossian
Drove alone	82.6%	88.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Ossian
1-unit, detached	66.6%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Ossian
Poverty rate	9.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1968	1982