Petroleum vs Uniondale

A side-by-side comparison of Petroleum and Uniondale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Uniondale has the higher population (234 vs 83 in Petroleum). Uniondale has the higher median home value ($89,000 vs $74,600 in Petroleum). Since 2019, Petroleum's population has grown faster (-2.4% vs -19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Petroleum	Uniondale
Population	83	234
Median age	53.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,750
Median home value	$74,600	$89,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,050
Housing units	46	114
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petroleum	Uniondale
Population	85 → 83 (-2.4%)	289 → 234 (-19.0%)
Median household income	—	$42,083 → $73,750 (+75.2%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $74,600 (-0.9%)	$73,800 → $89,000 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $1,050 (+23.5%)

Petroleum

Population

8583

Median home value

$75,300$74,600

Uniondale

Population

289234

Median household income

$42,083$73,750

Median home value

$73,800$89,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Petroleum	Uniondale
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	6.8%
45 to 54	32.5%	24.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.8%
75 and over	33.7%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petroleum	Uniondale
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petroleum	Uniondale
No high school diploma	71.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petroleum	Uniondale
Drove alone	71.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	28.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petroleum	Uniondale
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Petroleum	Uniondale
Poverty rate	9.6%	8.5%
Average household size	1.80	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938