Burnettsville vs Chalmers

A side-by-side comparison of Burnettsville and Chalmers: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chalmers has the higher population (518 vs 352 in Burnettsville). Chalmers has the higher median household income ($70,588 vs $68,500 in Burnettsville). Chalmers has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $103,500 in Burnettsville).

Population, income & housing

	Burnettsville	Chalmers
Population	352	518
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,500	$70,588
Median home value	$103,500	$154,000
Median gross rent	$833	$1,075
Housing units	155	229
Homeownership rate	85.4%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnettsville	Chalmers
Population	409 → 352 (-13.9%)	445 → 518 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $68,500 (+51.2%)	$58,977 → $70,588 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $103,500 (+12.3%)	$89,800 → $154,000 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $833 (+12.0%)	$750 → $1,075 (+43.3%)

Burnettsville

Population

409352

Median household income

$45,313$68,500

Median home value

$92,200$103,500

Median gross rent

$744$833

Chalmers

Population

445518

Median household income

$58,977$70,588

Median home value

$89,800$154,000

Median gross rent

$750$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnettsville	Chalmers
Under 5	8.2%	9.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.9%
75 and over	10.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnettsville	Chalmers
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.0%
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	1.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnettsville	Chalmers
No high school diploma	3.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	55.4%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnettsville	Chalmers
Drove alone	85.8%	89.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnettsville	Chalmers
1-unit, detached	92.9%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Burnettsville	Chalmers
Poverty rate	6.3%	4.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1938	1945