Grant County vs Morgan County

A side-by-side comparison of Grant County and Morgan County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morgan County has the higher population (72,202 vs 66,377 in Grant County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($79,088 vs $54,007 in Grant County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($220,100 vs $116,000 in Grant County).

Population, income & housing

	Grant County	Morgan County
Population	66,377	72,202
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,007	$79,088
Median home value	$116,000	$220,100
Median gross rent	$799	$988
Housing units	29,878	29,749
Homeownership rate	71.8%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant County	Morgan County
Population	66,452 → 66,377 (-0.1%)	69,922 → 72,202 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$44,356 → $54,007 (+21.8%)	$64,335 → $79,088 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $116,000 (+25.1%)	$160,700 → $220,100 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $799 (+14.1%)	$837 → $988 (+18.0%)

Grant County

Population

66,45266,377

Median household income

$44,356$54,007

Median home value

$92,700$116,000

Median gross rent

$700$799

Morgan County

Population

69,92272,202

Median household income

$64,335$79,088

Median home value

$160,700$220,100

Median gross rent

$837$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant County	Morgan County
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	12.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.0%
75 and over	7.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	37.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant County	Morgan County
Drove alone	75.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	5.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	11.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	79.9%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Grant County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	18.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1963	1980