Blackford County vs Switzerland County

A side-by-side comparison of Blackford County and Switzerland County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blackford County has the higher population (12,007 vs 9,914 in Switzerland County). Switzerland County has the higher median household income ($65,148 vs $47,560 in Blackford County). Switzerland County has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $96,700 in Blackford County).

Population, income & housing

	Blackford County	Switzerland County
Population	12,007	9,914
Median age	44.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,560	$65,148
Median home value	$96,700	$183,200
Median gross rent	$635	$720
Housing units	5,863	4,399
Homeownership rate	73.6%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackford County	Switzerland County
Population	12,013 → 12,007 (-0.0%)	10,685 → 9,914 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$43,505 → $47,560 (+9.3%)	$49,383 → $65,148 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $96,700 (+37.0%)	$116,400 → $183,200 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $635 (-1.4%)	$679 → $720 (+6.0%)

Blackford County

Population

12,01312,007

Median household income

$43,505$47,560

Median home value

$70,600$96,700

Median gross rent

$644$635

Switzerland County

Population

10,6859,914

Median household income

$49,383$65,148

Median home value

$116,400$183,200

Median gross rent

$679$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackford County	Switzerland County
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.1%
75 and over	9.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackford County	Switzerland County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackford County	Switzerland County
No high school diploma	10.5%	17.6%
High school graduate	49.5%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackford County	Switzerland County
Drove alone	77.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.4%
Worked from home	10.8%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackford County	Switzerland County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Blackford County	Switzerland County
Poverty rate	17.5%	11.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1959	1988