Crawford County vs Switzerland County

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

Crawford 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.

Crawford County has the higher population (10,494 vs 9,914 in Switzerland County). Switzerland County has the higher median household income ($65,148 vs $48,993 in Crawford County). Switzerland County has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $115,400 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Switzerland County
Population	10,494	9,914
Median age	45.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,993	$65,148
Median home value	$115,400	$183,200
Median gross rent	$629	$720
Housing units	5,890	4,399
Homeownership rate	81.2%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Switzerland County
Population	10,569 → 10,494 (-0.7%)	10,685 → 9,914 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$41,662 → $48,993 (+17.6%)	$49,383 → $65,148 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $115,400 (+25.6%)	$116,400 → $183,200 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $629 (-6.5%)	$679 → $720 (+6.0%)

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

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)

	Crawford County	Switzerland County
Under 5	5.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.1%
75 and over	7.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Switzerland County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Switzerland County
No high school diploma	14.4%	17.6%
High school graduate	46.9%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Switzerland County
Drove alone	73.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	16.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Switzerland County
1-unit, detached	67.5%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Switzerland County
Poverty rate	23.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	37	34
Median year structure built	1985	1988