Allen County vs Hamilton County

A side-by-side comparison of Allen County and Hamilton County: population, income, housing, and more.

Allen County and Hamilton County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allen County has the higher population (388,791 vs 357,176 in Hamilton County). Hamilton County has the higher median household income ($117,957 vs $68,839 in Allen County). Hamilton County has the higher median home value ($379,100 vs $194,300 in Allen County).

Population, income & housing

	Allen County	Hamilton County
Population	388,791	357,176
Median age	36.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,839	$117,957
Median home value	$194,300	$379,100
Median gross rent	$976	$1,468
Housing units	164,456	140,389
Homeownership rate	69.1%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	61.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen County	Hamilton County
Population	372,575 → 388,791 (+4.4%)	323,117 → 357,176 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$54,857 → $68,839 (+25.5%)	$98,173 → $117,957 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $194,300 (+50.3%)	$263,300 → $379,100 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $976 (+26.3%)	$1,176 → $1,468 (+24.8%)

Allen County

Population

372,575388,791

Median household income

$54,857$68,839

Median home value

$129,300$194,300

Median gross rent

$773$976

Hamilton County

Population

323,117357,176

Median household income

$98,173$117,957

Median home value

$263,300$379,100

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen County	Hamilton County
Under 5	6.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.3%
75 and over	6.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen County	Hamilton County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	79.7%
Black or African American	10.7%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen County	Hamilton County
No high school diploma	9.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	28.0%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen County	Hamilton County
Drove alone	79.1%	71.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.3%	20.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen County	Hamilton County
1-unit, detached	73.9%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	5.9%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Allen County	Hamilton County
Poverty rate	12.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1976	2000