Grant County vs Wayne County

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

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

Both have a population of 66,377. Wayne County has the higher median household income ($56,652 vs $54,007 in Grant County). Wayne County has the higher median home value ($126,100 vs $116,000 in Grant County).

Population, income & housing

	Grant County	Wayne County
Population	66,377	66,377
Median age	39.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,007	$56,652
Median home value	$116,000	$126,100
Median gross rent	$799	$813
Housing units	29,878	30,758
Homeownership rate	71.8%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant County	Wayne County
Population	66,452 → 66,377 (-0.1%)	66,342 → 66,377 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$44,356 → $54,007 (+21.8%)	$46,516 → $56,652 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $116,000 (+25.1%)	$100,500 → $126,100 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $799 (+14.1%)	$688 → $813 (+18.2%)

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

Wayne County

Population

66,34266,377

Median household income

$46,516$56,652

Median home value

$100,500$126,100

Median gross rent

$688$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant County	Wayne County
Under 5	5.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	12.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.3%
75 and over	7.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	86.2%
Black or African American	4.8%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	11.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	37.3%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant County	Wayne County
Drove alone	75.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	5.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	79.9%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	3.6%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Grant County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	18.8%	16.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1963	1960