Switzerland County vs Union County

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

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

Switzerland County has the higher population (9,914 vs 7,028 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($79,500 vs $65,148 in Switzerland County). Switzerland County has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $162,200 in Union County).

Population, income & housing

	Switzerland County	Union County
Population	9,914	7,028
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,148	$79,500
Median home value	$183,200	$162,200
Median gross rent	$720	$792
Housing units	4,399	3,250
Homeownership rate	79.8%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Switzerland County	Union County
Population	10,685 → 9,914 (-7.2%)	7,113 → 7,028 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$49,383 → $65,148 (+31.9%)	$50,375 → $79,500 (+57.8%)
Median home value	$116,400 → $183,200 (+57.4%)	$116,300 → $162,200 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $720 (+6.0%)	$797 → $792 (-0.6%)

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

Union County

Population

7,1137,028

Median household income

$50,375$79,500

Median home value

$116,300$162,200

Median gross rent

$797$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Switzerland County	Union County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.5%
75 and over	7.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Switzerland County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Switzerland County	Union County
No high school diploma	17.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	47.0%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Switzerland County	Union County
Drove alone	85.3%	87.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Switzerland County	Union County
1-unit, detached	75.2%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Switzerland County	Union County
Poverty rate	11.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1988	1968