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Van Buren township, Fountain County, IN

2,890 Population
37.5 square miles 77.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±5.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Fountain County: 42.7 ±0.9
  • 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

$26,850 ±$3,808 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fountain County: $32,433 ±$2,228
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,173 ±$13,178 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fountain County: $62,542 ±$5,103
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.6% ±6.2% (417  ±176) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fountain County: 12.4% † 2,034 (±2.7% / ±436)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.5 minutes ±2.5 (29,645  ±4,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Fountain County: 25.1 182,075 (±1.3 / ±11,868)
  • 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

1,163 ±109 Number of households
  • Fountain County: 6,941 ±228
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (2,890  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Fountain County: 2.4 16,489 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • 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

7.8% ±6.9% (44  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Fountain County: 7.7% † 267 (±2.9% / ±101)
  • 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

1,253 ±111 Number of housing units
  • Fountain County: 7,875 ±40
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,600 ±$8,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fountain County: $143,400 ±$14,138
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.5% ±8.6% (556  ±246.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fountain County: 12.3% † 2,019 (±2.5% / ±416.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.3% ±7.8% (1,807  ±223.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fountain County: 91.1% 10,661 (±4.4% / ±513.9)
  • 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)
11.1% ±4.1% (219  ±83.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Fountain County: 14.7% † 1,719 (±1.9% / ±224.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-third 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

0.7% ±1% (20  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Fountain County: 1.3% 209
  • 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

7.8% ±3.3% (169  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fountain County: 7.1% † 914 (±1.2% / ±155)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
169 Total veterans ±73 162 Male ±68 7 Female ±11

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