Crawford County vs Pike County

A side-by-side comparison of Crawford County and Pike County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pike County has the higher population (12,187 vs 10,494 in Crawford County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $48,993 in Crawford County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($128,400 vs $115,400 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Pike County
Population	10,494	12,187
Median age	45.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,993	$66,250
Median home value	$115,400	$128,400
Median gross rent	$629	$676
Housing units	5,890	5,592
Homeownership rate	81.2%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Pike County
Population	10,569 → 10,494 (-0.7%)	12,378 → 12,187 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$41,662 → $48,993 (+17.6%)	$50,194 → $66,250 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $115,400 (+25.6%)	$93,400 → $128,400 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $629 (-6.5%)	$576 → $676 (+17.4%)

Crawford County

Population

10,56910,494

Median household income

$41,662$48,993

Median home value

$91,900$115,400

Median gross rent

$673$629

Pike County

Population

12,37812,187

Median household income

$50,194$66,250

Median home value

$93,400$128,400

Median gross rent

$576$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Pike County
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.4%
75 and over	7.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Pike County
No high school diploma	14.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	46.9%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Pike County
Drove alone	73.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	16.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.3%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	67.5%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Pike County
Poverty rate	23.8%	12.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1985	1973