Daviess County vs Whitley County

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

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

Whitley County has the higher population (34,388 vs 33,442 in Daviess County). Whitley County has the higher median household income ($75,790 vs $68,561 in Daviess County). Whitley County has the higher median home value ($205,200 vs $187,500 in Daviess County).

Population, income & housing

	Daviess County	Whitley County
Population	33,442	34,388
Median age	34.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,561	$75,790
Median home value	$187,500	$205,200
Median gross rent	$837	$867
Housing units	12,781	14,940
Homeownership rate	71.5%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daviess County	Whitley County
Population	33,120 → 33,442 (+1.0%)	33,730 → 34,388 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$53,629 → $68,561 (+27.8%)	$61,741 → $75,790 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$130,000 → $187,500 (+44.2%)	$143,100 → $205,200 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $837 (+21.0%)	$722 → $867 (+20.1%)

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

Whitley County

Population

33,73034,388

Median household income

$61,741$75,790

Median home value

$143,100$205,200

Median gross rent

$722$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daviess County	Whitley County
Under 5	8.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.6%
75 and over	6.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daviess County	Whitley County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daviess County	Whitley County
No high school diploma	22.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	33.8%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daviess County	Whitley County
Drove alone	68.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	20.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	3.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daviess County	Whitley County
1-unit, detached	80.2%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Daviess County	Whitley County
Poverty rate	10.4%	10.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1974	1981