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Wells County, IN

28,420 Population
368.1 square miles 77.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • 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

$36,845 ±$1,986 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,957 ±$3,917 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.2% ±1.6% (2,000  ±441) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.2 minutes ±2 (322,220  ±28,981) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,546 ±172 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0 (27,893  ±10) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±1.9% (414  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,074 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$197,600 ±$11,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.8% ±2.5% (3,597  ±713.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±3.7% (17,782  ±722.4) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
20% ±1.8% (3,820  ±347.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.9% (533  ±200) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±0.9% (1,229  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,229 Total veterans ±192 1,201 Male ±189 28 Female ±30

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