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Tell City, IN

7,505 Population
4.5 square miles 1,655.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Perry County: 41.9 ±1.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,783 ±$2,928 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Perry County: $31,632 ±$1,782
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,949 ±$6,980 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Perry County: $61,151 † ±$7,346
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.4% ±5.8% (1,640  ±427) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Perry County: 15% † 2,673 (±2.8% / ±500)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±3.2 (73,835  ±12,535) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 23.9 187,640 (±1.2 / ±14,031)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,492 ±174 Number of households
  • Perry County: 7,758 ±194
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (7,335  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 2.3 17,892 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±3.6% (90  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 6.8% † 238 (±2.5% / ±88)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,754 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 8,597 ±40
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,000 ±$15,767 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Perry County: $163,400 ±$8,902
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.7% ±2.6% (647  ±195) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Perry County: 8.9% † 1,702 (±1.5% / ±286.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±7.2% (5,032  ±422.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 91.7% 12,709 (±4.3% / ±594.5)
  • 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)
16.8% ±3.5% (912  ±193.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 16.6% † 2,300 (±2% / ±278.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about half 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

1.2% ±0.9% (87  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 0.9% 180
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2% (413  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 7% † 1,066 (±1.3% / ±200)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
413 Total veterans ±121 388 Male ±120 25 Female ±27

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