Dubois County vs LaGrange County

A side-by-side comparison of Dubois County and LaGrange County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dubois County has the higher population (43,563 vs 40,596 in LaGrange County). LaGrange County has the higher median household income ($83,741 vs $71,918 in Dubois County). LaGrange County has the higher median home value ($249,500 vs $212,500 in Dubois County).

Population, income & housing

	Dubois County	LaGrange County
Population	43,563	40,596
Median age	40.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,918	$83,741
Median home value	$212,500	$249,500
Median gross rent	$801	$816
Housing units	18,715	15,023
Homeownership rate	76.0%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dubois County	LaGrange County
Population	42,543 → 43,563 (+2.4%)	39,193 → 40,596 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$60,666 → $71,918 (+18.5%)	$64,498 → $83,741 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $212,500 (+35.8%)	$195,900 → $249,500 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $801 (+21.4%)	$709 → $816 (+15.1%)

Dubois County

Population

42,54343,563

Median household income

$60,666$71,918

Median home value

$156,500$212,500

Median gross rent

$660$801

LaGrange County

Population

39,19340,596

Median household income

$64,498$83,741

Median home value

$195,900$249,500

Median gross rent

$709$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dubois County	LaGrange County
Under 5	6.2%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.6%
75 and over	7.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dubois County	LaGrange County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dubois County	LaGrange County
No high school diploma	10.8%	39.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dubois County	LaGrange County
Drove alone	84.7%	48.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	28.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	7.5%
Worked from home	4.8%	8.1%
Other means	0.9%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dubois County	LaGrange County
1-unit, detached	79.1%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Dubois County	LaGrange County
Poverty rate	9.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.43	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1981	1982