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Wayne township, Jay County, IN

7,942 Population
37.1 square miles 213.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jay County: 39.5 ±1.2
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,492 ±$2,663 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jay County: $27,634 ±$1,321
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,403 ±$9,490 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jay County: $54,969 ±$3,017
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15% ±4.6% (1,160  ±354) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Jay County: 14.4% † 2,869 (±2.8% / ±562)
  • 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)

19.2 minutes ±3.4 (65,690  ±12,692) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jay County: 22.5 177,520 (±1.8 / ±16,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,237 ±180 Number of households
  • Jay County: 7,807 ±249
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (7,729  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jay County: 2.6 19,967 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.6% ±3.2% (151  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Jay County: 9% † 378 (±2.1% / ±88)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,770 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Jay County: 8,904 ±29
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$111,400 ±$8,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Jay County: $117,500 ±$7,058
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.7% ±5.5% (1,294  ±426.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jay County: 11.5% † 2,287 (±2.6% / ±511.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.8% ±6.6% (4,676  ±412.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jay County: 86% 11,510 (±4% / ±546.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.2% ±3.2% (885  ±180.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jay County: 13.3% † 1,784 (±1.8% / ±241.5)
  • about half 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

1.4% ±0.7% (113  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jay County: 1.1% 220
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±2.4% (387  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Jay County: 6% † 907 (±1.1% / ±167)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
387 Total veterans ±145 382 Male ±143 5 Female ±8

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