Tippecanoe County vs Vanderburgh County

A side-by-side comparison of Tippecanoe County and Vanderburgh County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tippecanoe County has the higher population (187,399 vs 179,908 in Vanderburgh County). Vanderburgh County has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $58,622 in Tippecanoe County). Tippecanoe County has the higher median home value ($217,600 vs $172,300 in Vanderburgh County).

Population, income & housing

	Tippecanoe County	Vanderburgh County
Population	187,399	179,908
Median age	28.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,622	$60,938
Median home value	$217,600	$172,300
Median gross rent	$1,088	$964
Housing units	79,327	84,809
Homeownership rate	53.9%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tippecanoe County	Vanderburgh County
Population	191,553 → 187,399 (-2.2%)	181,291 → 179,908 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$53,130 → $58,622 (+10.3%)	$49,708 → $60,938 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$153,000 → $217,600 (+42.2%)	$129,000 → $172,300 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,088 (+27.8%)	$789 → $964 (+22.2%)

Tippecanoe County

Population

191,553187,399

Median household income

$53,130$58,622

Median home value

$153,000$217,600

Median gross rent

$851$1,088

Vanderburgh County

Population

181,291179,908

Median household income

$49,708$60,938

Median home value

$129,000$172,300

Median gross rent

$789$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tippecanoe County	Vanderburgh County
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	23.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.7%
75 and over	4.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tippecanoe County	Vanderburgh County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	80.8%
Black or African American	5.9%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tippecanoe County	Vanderburgh County
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	27.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tippecanoe County	Vanderburgh County
Drove alone	73.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.5%
Public transit	2.5%	0.9%
Walked	6.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.9%	6.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tippecanoe County	Vanderburgh County
1-unit, detached	59.0%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	9.5%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Tippecanoe County	Vanderburgh County
Poverty rate	19.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1986	1970