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Van Buren township, Shelby County, IN

1,308 Population
27.9 square miles 46.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Shelby County: 41.5 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,591 ±$16,547 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Shelby County: $36,701 ±$1,853
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$96,023 ±$17,440 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Shelby County: $72,190 ±$4,637
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±5.5% (81  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Shelby County: 13% † 5,782 (±1.8% / ±811)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

43.2 minutes ±5.6 (26,365  ±9,357) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Shelby County: 23.9 471,540 (±0.9 / ±25,008)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

495 ±88 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 18,450 ±250
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (1,308  ±262) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 2.4 44,445 (±0 / ±19)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

17.2% ±25.3% (45  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 7.6% † 715 (±2.3% / ±212)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

547 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 19,674 ±32
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$328,400 ±$45,908 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Shelby County: $212,400 ±$10,111
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5% ±5.7% (64  ±74.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 12% † 5,375 (±1.8% / ±820.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93% ±3.9% (886  ±172.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 90.9% 28,854 (±3.4% / ±1,092.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.5% ±11% (281  ±117.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shelby County: 21.9% 6,960 (±1.9% / ±607.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±0.8% (7  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Shelby County: 3.4% 1,524
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±3.7% (65  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 6.9% † 2,406 (±0.9% / ±324)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
65 Total veterans ±40 65 Male ±40 N/A Female ±13

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