Huntington County vs Putnam County

A side-by-side comparison of Huntington County and Putnam County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Putnam County has the higher population (37,091 vs 36,757 in Huntington County). Putnam County has the higher median household income ($76,182 vs $62,734 in Huntington County). Putnam County has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $146,400 in Huntington County).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington County	Putnam County
Population	36,757	37,091
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,734	$76,182
Median home value	$146,400	$205,800
Median gross rent	$866	$883
Housing units	16,275	15,148
Homeownership rate	76.2%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington County	Putnam County
Population	36,359 → 36,757 (+1.1%)	37,384 → 37,091 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$53,632 → $62,734 (+17.0%)	$61,047 → $76,182 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $146,400 (+36.6%)	$128,800 → $205,800 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $866 (+23.2%)	$787 → $883 (+12.2%)

Huntington County

Population

36,35936,757

Median household income

$53,632$62,734

Median home value

$107,200$146,400

Median gross rent

$703$866

Putnam County

Population

37,38437,091

Median household income

$61,047$76,182

Median home value

$128,800$205,800

Median gross rent

$787$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington County	Putnam County
Under 5	5.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.2%
75 and over	7.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington County	Putnam County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington County	Putnam County
No high school diploma	7.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	42.9%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington County	Putnam County
Drove alone	78.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	9.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington County	Putnam County
1-unit, detached	83.8%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Huntington County	Putnam County
Poverty rate	10.1%	8.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1964	1979