Pulaski County vs Switzerland County

A side-by-side comparison of Pulaski County and Switzerland County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pulaski County has the higher population (12,441 vs 9,914 in Switzerland County). Switzerland County has the higher median household income ($65,148 vs $59,956 in Pulaski County). Switzerland County has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $134,600 in Pulaski County).

Population, income & housing

	Pulaski County	Switzerland County
Population	12,441	9,914
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,956	$65,148
Median home value	$134,600	$183,200
Median gross rent	$715	$720
Housing units	5,830	4,399
Homeownership rate	75.1%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pulaski County	Switzerland County
Population	12,559 → 12,441 (-0.9%)	10,685 → 9,914 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$49,580 → $59,956 (+20.9%)	$49,383 → $65,148 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $134,600 (+31.1%)	$116,400 → $183,200 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $715 (+9.7%)	$679 → $720 (+6.0%)

Pulaski County

Population

12,55912,441

Median household income

$49,580$59,956

Median home value

$102,700$134,600

Median gross rent

$652$715

Switzerland County

Population

10,6859,914

Median household income

$49,383$65,148

Median home value

$116,400$183,200

Median gross rent

$679$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pulaski County	Switzerland County
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.1%
75 and over	9.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pulaski County	Switzerland County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pulaski County	Switzerland County
No high school diploma	10.5%	17.6%
High school graduate	46.7%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pulaski County	Switzerland County
Drove alone	75.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	14.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.4%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pulaski County	Switzerland County
1-unit, detached	79.5%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Pulaski County	Switzerland County
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1969	1988