Daviess County vs Steuben County

A side-by-side comparison of Daviess County and Steuben County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Steuben County has the higher population (34,648 vs 33,442 in Daviess County). Steuben County has the higher median household income ($71,483 vs $68,561 in Daviess County). Steuben County has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $187,500 in Daviess County).

Population, income & housing

	Daviess County	Steuben County
Population	33,442	34,648
Median age	34.7 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,561	$71,483
Median home value	$187,500	$204,300
Median gross rent	$837	$921
Housing units	12,781	19,055
Homeownership rate	71.5%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daviess County	Steuben County
Population	33,120 → 33,442 (+1.0%)	34,453 → 34,648 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$53,629 → $68,561 (+27.8%)	$58,279 → $71,483 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$130,000 → $187,500 (+44.2%)	$148,800 → $204,300 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $837 (+21.0%)	$783 → $921 (+17.6%)

Daviess County

Population

33,12033,442

Median household income

$53,629$68,561

Median home value

$130,000$187,500

Median gross rent

$692$837

Steuben County

Population

34,45334,648

Median household income

$58,279$71,483

Median home value

$148,800$204,300

Median gross rent

$783$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daviess County	Steuben County
Under 5	8.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.0%
75 and over	6.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daviess County	Steuben County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daviess County	Steuben County
No high school diploma	22.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	33.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daviess County	Steuben County
Drove alone	68.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	20.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	3.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daviess County	Steuben County
1-unit, detached	80.2%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	4.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Daviess County	Steuben County
Poverty rate	10.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.84	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1974	1980