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Van Buren township, Clay County, IN

3,190 Population
32.2 square miles 99.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±7.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 41.4 ±1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,080 ±$4,143 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $40,358 ±$3,985
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,536 ±$8,478 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Clay County: $70,010 ±$6,394
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±3.4% (263  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Clay County: 11.7% † 3,031 (±2.8% / ±711)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.2 minutes ±2.9 (41,035  ±6,367) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 29.1 336,035 (±2.4 / ±30,885)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,309 ±126 Number of households
  • Clay County: 10,549 ±339
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (3,095  ±64) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Clay County: 2.5 26,001 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±1.3% (12  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 4.9% † 274 (±1.9% / ±108)
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,499 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 11,645 ±33
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$134,300 ±$18,526 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $153,000 ±$8,517
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.4% ±5.8% (427  ±184.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Clay County: 9.9% † 2,582 (±2.2% / ±578.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±9.2% (2,161  ±241.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Clay County: 90.2% 16,690 (±4.5% / ±830.2)
  • 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)
14.5% ±4.1% (336  ±96.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Clay County: 20.3% † 3,761 (±2.3% / ±418)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-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

0.3% ±0.3% (9  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Clay County: 1.1% 298
  • less than 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

9.5% ±2.7% (238  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Clay County: 6.9% † 1,398 (±1.1% / ±220)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
238 Total veterans ±68 231 Male ±69 7 Female ±8

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