Bluffton vs Zanesville

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

Bluffton and Zanesville 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 573 in Zanesville). Zanesville has the higher median household income ($62,045 vs $57,929 in Bluffton). Zanesville has the higher median home value ($153,200 vs $136,800 in Bluffton).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Zanesville
Population	10,539	573
Median age	38.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,929	$62,045
Median home value	$136,800	$153,200
Median gross rent	$816	$1,035
Housing units	4,791	247
Homeownership rate	63.7%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Zanesville
Population	9,919 → 10,539 (+6.3%)	715 → 573 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$47,593 → $57,929 (+21.7%)	$50,375 → $62,045 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$100,300 → $136,800 (+36.4%)	$98,500 → $153,200 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $816 (+31.2%)	$905 → $1,035 (+14.4%)

Bluffton

Population

9,91910,539

Median household income

$47,593$57,929

Median home value

$100,300$136,800

Median gross rent

$622$816

Zanesville

Population

715573

Median household income

$50,375$62,045

Median home value

$98,500$153,200

Median gross rent

$905$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Zanesville
Under 5	6.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	19.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	4.7%
75 and over	7.1%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Zanesville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	98.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Zanesville
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	44.2%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Zanesville
Drove alone	82.6%	83.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	12.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Zanesville
1-unit, detached	66.6%	87.9%
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%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Zanesville
Poverty rate	9.9%	14.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1968	1972