Ossian vs Tocsin

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

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

Ossian has the higher population (3,342 vs 269 in Tocsin). Ossian has the higher median household income ($67,641 vs $34,525 in Tocsin). Ossian has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $86,500 in Tocsin).

Population, income & housing

	Ossian	Tocsin
Population	3,342	269
Median age	36.7 yrs	23.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,641	$34,525
Median home value	$184,000	$86,500
Median gross rent	$896	—
Housing units	1,662	115
Homeownership rate	67.2%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ossian	Tocsin
Population	3,350 → 3,342 (-0.2%)	358 → 269 (-24.9%)
Median household income	$54,531 → $67,641 (+24.0%)	$31,853 → $34,525 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $184,000 (+53.6%)	$86,200 → $86,500 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $896 (+26.6%)	—

Ossian

Population

3,3503,342

Median household income

$54,531$67,641

Median home value

$119,800$184,000

Median gross rent

$708$896

Tocsin

Population

358269

Median household income

$31,853$34,525

Median home value

$86,200$86,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ossian	Tocsin
Under 5	7.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	40.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	18.2%	26.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	6.0%	1.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	6.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	0.0%
75 and over	11.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ossian	Tocsin
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ossian	Tocsin
No high school diploma	2.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.9%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ossian	Tocsin
Drove alone	88.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ossian	Tocsin
1-unit, detached	70.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ossian	Tocsin
Poverty rate	6.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1982	1938