Scott County vs Starke County

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

Scott 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.

Scott County has the higher population (24,468 vs 23,300 in Starke County). Starke County has the higher median household income ($62,933 vs $54,583 in Scott County). Starke County has the higher median home value ($148,400 vs $145,400 in Scott County).

Population, income & housing

	Scott County	Starke County
Population	24,468	23,300
Median age	41.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$62,933
Median home value	$145,400	$148,400
Median gross rent	$790	$690
Housing units	10,774	11,214
Homeownership rate	72.1%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scott County	Starke County
Population	23,759 → 24,468 (+3.0%)	22,952 → 23,300 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$48,700 → $54,583 (+12.1%)	$51,190 → $62,933 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $145,400 (+41.2%)	$115,500 → $148,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $790 (+0.1%)	$697 → $690 (-1.0%)

Scott County

Population

23,75924,468

Median household income

$48,700$54,583

Median home value

$103,000$145,400

Median gross rent

$789$790

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)

	Scott County	Starke County
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.3%
75 and over	6.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scott County	Starke County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scott County	Starke County
No high school diploma	16.0%	14.2%
High school graduate	42.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scott County	Starke County
Drove alone	83.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.3%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scott County	Starke County
1-unit, detached	67.4%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Scott County	Starke County
Poverty rate	14.7%	14.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1981	1973