Cass County vs Huntington County

A side-by-side comparison of Cass County and Huntington County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cass County has the higher population (37,703 vs 36,757 in Huntington County). Huntington County has the higher median household income ($62,734 vs $56,525 in Cass County). Huntington County has the higher median home value ($146,400 vs $118,700 in Cass County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	Huntington County
Population	37,703	36,757
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,525	$62,734
Median home value	$118,700	$146,400
Median gross rent	$778	$866
Housing units	16,389	16,275
Homeownership rate	75.3%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	Huntington County
Population	37,880 → 37,703 (-0.5%)	36,359 → 36,757 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$49,415 → $56,525 (+14.4%)	$53,632 → $62,734 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $118,700 (+32.9%)	$107,200 → $146,400 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $778 (+19.7%)	$703 → $866 (+23.2%)

Cass County

Population

37,88037,703

Median household income

$49,415$56,525

Median home value

$89,300$118,700

Median gross rent

$650$778

Huntington County

Population

36,35936,757

Median household income

$53,632$62,734

Median home value

$107,200$146,400

Median gross rent

$703$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	Huntington County
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.6%
75 and over	7.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	Huntington County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	Huntington County
No high school diploma	14.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	43.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	Huntington County
Drove alone	81.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	Huntington County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	Huntington County
Poverty rate	12.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1955	1964