Clinton County vs Wabash County

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton County and Wabash County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clinton County has the higher population (32,967 vs 30,901 in Wabash County). Wabash County has the higher median household income ($68,414 vs $63,690 in Clinton County). Clinton County has the higher median home value ($157,300 vs $143,600 in Wabash County).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton County	Wabash County
Population	32,967	30,901
Median age	36.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,690	$68,414
Median home value	$157,300	$143,600
Median gross rent	$915	$752
Housing units	13,496	14,053
Homeownership rate	73.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton County	Wabash County
Population	32,273 → 32,967 (+2.2%)	31,389 → 30,901 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$54,286 → $63,690 (+17.3%)	$54,259 → $68,414 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$111,500 → $157,300 (+41.1%)	$100,500 → $143,600 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $915 (+26.0%)	$706 → $752 (+6.5%)

Clinton County

Population

32,27332,967

Median household income

$54,286$63,690

Median home value

$111,500$157,300

Median gross rent

$726$915

Wabash County

Population

31,38930,901

Median household income

$54,259$68,414

Median home value

$100,500$143,600

Median gross rent

$706$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton County	Wabash County
Under 5	6.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.7%
75 and over	6.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton County	Wabash County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton County	Wabash County
No high school diploma	13.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton County	Wabash County
Drove alone	82.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton County	Wabash County
1-unit, detached	84.2%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Clinton County	Wabash County
Poverty rate	8.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1958	1959