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Sandcreek township, Decatur County, IN

3,106 Population
43.2 square miles 71.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Decatur County: 39.8 ±0.5
  • about 20 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

$40,371 ±$9,577 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Decatur County: $37,115 ±$2,685
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,278 ±$23,697 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Decatur County: $69,783 † ±$7,427
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.5% ±6.6% (476  ±204) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Decatur County: 10.2% † 2,639 (±2.4% / ±617)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.9 minutes ±5.4 (40,095  ±10,881) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Decatur County: 24 278,600 (±2.1 / ±27,882)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,236 ±140 Number of households
  • Decatur County: 10,712 ±254
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (3,106  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Decatur County: 2.4 25,943 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±6.5% (57  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Decatur County: 5.6% † 322 (±2.5% / ±147)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,287 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Decatur County: 11,685 ±24
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,200 ±$11,383 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Decatur County: $199,100 ±$14,075
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±3.6% (224  ±110.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Decatur County: 9.1% † 2,368 (±2.1% / ±536.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±9.7% (1,946  ±285.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Decatur County: 90.8% 16,441 (±4.5% / ±817.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.1% ±7.8% (472  ±172.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Decatur County: 20% † 3,617 (±2.4% / ±435.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.1% ±1.3% (33  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Decatur County: 1.1% 278
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±4.4% (220  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Decatur County: 6.9% † 1,391 (±1.2% / ±242)
  • 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)
220 Total veterans ±106 145 Male ±66 75 Female ±109

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