Bartholomew County vs Boone County

A side-by-side comparison of Bartholomew County and Boone County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bartholomew County has the higher population (82,881 vs 72,827 in Boone County). Boone County has the higher median household income ($104,865 vs $80,365 in Bartholomew County). Boone County has the higher median home value ($341,800 vs $221,100 in Bartholomew County).

Population, income & housing

	Bartholomew County	Boone County
Population	82,881	72,827
Median age	37.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,365	$104,865
Median home value	$221,100	$341,800
Median gross rent	$1,110	$1,283
Housing units	35,517	29,019
Homeownership rate	69.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartholomew County	Boone County
Population	82,481 → 82,881 (+0.5%)	65,544 → 72,827 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$63,431 → $80,365 (+26.7%)	$83,077 → $104,865 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $221,100 (+44.0%)	$233,700 → $341,800 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $1,110 (+18.5%)	$1,011 → $1,283 (+26.9%)

Bartholomew County

Population

82,48182,881

Median household income

$63,431$80,365

Median home value

$153,500$221,100

Median gross rent

$937$1,110

Boone County

Population

65,54472,827

Median household income

$83,077$104,865

Median home value

$233,700$341,800

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartholomew County	Boone County
Under 5	6.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.5%
75 and over	6.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartholomew County	Boone County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartholomew County	Boone County
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartholomew County	Boone County
Drove alone	77.2%	73.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.9%	18.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartholomew County	Boone County
1-unit, detached	74.6%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bartholomew County	Boone County
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1978	1994