Bluffton vs Tocsin

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

Bluffton and Tocsin 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 269 in Tocsin). Bluffton has the higher median household income ($57,929 vs $34,525 in Tocsin). Bluffton has the higher median home value ($136,800 vs $86,500 in Tocsin).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Tocsin
Population	10,539	269
Median age	38.9 yrs	23.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,929	$34,525
Median home value	$136,800	$86,500
Median gross rent	$816	—
Housing units	4,791	115
Homeownership rate	63.7%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Tocsin
Population	9,919 → 10,539 (+6.3%)	358 → 269 (-24.9%)
Median household income	$47,593 → $57,929 (+21.7%)	$31,853 → $34,525 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$100,300 → $136,800 (+36.4%)	$86,200 → $86,500 (+0.3%)
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

Tocsin

Population

358269

Median household income

$31,853$34,525

Median home value

$86,200$86,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Tocsin
Under 5	6.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	40.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	26.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	1.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	6.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	0.0%
75 and over	7.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Tocsin
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	96.7%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Tocsin
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.2%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Tocsin
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	Tocsin
1-unit, detached	66.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Tocsin
Poverty rate	9.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1968	1938