Petroleum vs Vera Cruz

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

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

Petroleum has the higher population (83 vs 29 in Vera Cruz). Vera Cruz has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $74,600 in Petroleum). Since 2019, Petroleum's population has grown faster (-2.4% vs -70.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Petroleum	Vera Cruz
Population	83	29
Median age	53.2 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$44,583
Median home value	$74,600	$77,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,188
Housing units	46	21
Homeownership rate	100.0%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petroleum	Vera Cruz
Population	85 → 83 (-2.4%)	97 → 29 (-70.1%)
Median household income	—	$47,500 → $44,583 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $74,600 (-0.9%)	$75,000 → $77,500 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$606 → $1,188 (+96.0%)

Petroleum

Population

8583

Median home value

$75,300$74,600

Vera Cruz

Population

9729

Median household income

$47,500$44,583

Median home value

$75,000$77,500

Median gross rent

$606$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Petroleum	Vera Cruz
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	10.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	27.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	32.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.4%
75 and over	33.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petroleum	Vera Cruz
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petroleum	Vera Cruz
No high school diploma	71.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	28.6%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petroleum	Vera Cruz
Drove alone	71.4%	87.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	28.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petroleum	Vera Cruz
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Petroleum	Vera Cruz
Poverty rate	9.6%	3.4%
Average household size	1.80	1.38
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1938	1952