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Van Buren township, Shelby County, IN

1,474 Population
27.9 square miles 52.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±4.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 41.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$50,270 ±$14,296 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Shelby County: $35,637 ±$1,705
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$97,273 ±$25,317 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Shelby County: $71,301 ±$3,803
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

7.9% ±4.8% (116  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shelby County: 11.5% † 5,091 (±1.7% / ±772)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

48.5 minutes ±21.2 (36,155  ±10,784) Mean travel time to work
  • about double the figure in Shelby County: 24.9 494,300 (±0.5 / ±21,309)
  • about double the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

548 ±100 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 18,145 ±323
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.7 ±0.2 (1,474  ±295) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 2.4 44,306 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

14.8% ±16.9% (49  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 7% † 655 (±2% / ±188)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

593 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 19,576 ±48
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$277,700 ±$48,990 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Shelby County: $188,300 ±$6,586
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

5.2% ±5.4% (74  ±78.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 13.3% † 5,919 (±2.2% / ±961.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

92.5% ±5.8% (965  ±194.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 90.4% 28,573 (±3.4% / ±1,085.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
26.2% ±10.4% (273  ±120.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shelby County: 19.4% 6,140 (±1.7% / ±545.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±0.9% (9  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Shelby County: 3.3% 1,478
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

8.1% ±4.2% (91  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 6.9% † 2,392 (±0.9% / ±306)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
91 Total veterans ±51 91 Male ±51 N/A Female ±13

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