Parke County vs Tipton County

A side-by-side comparison of Parke County and Tipton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parke County has the higher population (16,346 vs 15,329 in Tipton County). Tipton County has the higher median household income ($78,309 vs $66,776 in Parke County). Tipton County has the higher median home value ($166,000 vs $139,300 in Parke County).

Population, income & housing

	Parke County	Tipton County
Population	16,346	15,329
Median age	42.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,776	$78,309
Median home value	$139,300	$166,000
Median gross rent	$731	$854
Housing units	7,625	6,836
Homeownership rate	81.6%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parke County	Tipton County
Population	16,946 → 16,346 (-3.5%)	15,162 → 15,329 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$52,618 → $66,776 (+26.9%)	$58,118 → $78,309 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $139,300 (+56.7%)	$116,000 → $166,000 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $731 (+18.1%)	$798 → $854 (+7.0%)

Parke County

Population

16,94616,346

Median household income

$52,618$66,776

Median home value

$88,900$139,300

Median gross rent

$619$731

Tipton County

Population

15,16215,329

Median household income

$58,118$78,309

Median home value

$116,000$166,000

Median gross rent

$798$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parke County	Tipton County
Under 5	5.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.5%
75 and over	8.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parke County	Tipton County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parke County	Tipton County
No high school diploma	15.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	39.7%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parke County	Tipton County
Drove alone	71.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	2.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	12.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parke County	Tipton County
1-unit, detached	78.3%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Parke County	Tipton County
Poverty rate	17.2%	11.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1973	1963