Randolph County vs Starke County

A side-by-side comparison of Randolph County and Starke County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Randolph County has the higher population (24,425 vs 23,300 in Starke County). Starke County has the higher median household income ($62,933 vs $61,121 in Randolph County). Starke County has the higher median home value ($148,400 vs $106,000 in Randolph County).

Population, income & housing

	Randolph County	Starke County
Population	24,425	23,300
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,121	$62,933
Median home value	$106,000	$148,400
Median gross rent	$741	$690
Housing units	11,407	11,214
Homeownership rate	77.5%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Randolph County	Starke County
Population	24,926 → 24,425 (-2.0%)	22,952 → 23,300 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$48,036 → $61,121 (+27.2%)	$51,190 → $62,933 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $106,000 (+30.5%)	$115,500 → $148,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $741 (+8.2%)	$697 → $690 (-1.0%)

Randolph County

Population

24,92624,425

Median household income

$48,036$61,121

Median home value

$81,200$106,000

Median gross rent

$685$741

Starke County

Population

22,95223,300

Median household income

$51,190$62,933

Median home value

$115,500$148,400

Median gross rent

$697$690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Randolph County	Starke County
Under 5	5.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.3%
75 and over	8.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Randolph County	Starke County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Randolph County	Starke County
No high school diploma	9.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	44.0%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Randolph County	Starke County
Drove alone	80.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.3%
Other means	1.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Randolph County	Starke County
1-unit, detached	79.8%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Randolph County	Starke County
Poverty rate	15.0%	14.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1957	1973