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Perry township, Lawrence County, IN

2,318 Population
35.6 square miles 65 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±3.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lawrence County: 43.3 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,756 ±$5,347 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lawrence County: $35,064 ±$1,778
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,964 ±$26,679 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $66,468 ±$3,421
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±5.4% (193  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lawrence County: 12.2% † 5,429 (±1.8% / ±792)
  • 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)

32.4 minutes ±6.7 (29,770  ±10,576) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 27.2 535,715 (±1.4 / ±34,097)
  • about 1.3 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

803 ±156 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 19,135 ±296
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.7 (2,318  ±389) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 2.3 44,463 (±0 / ±11)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.2% ±8% (47  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 5% † 464 (±1.6% / ±149)
  • about 1.5 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

869 ±166 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 20,545 ±46
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$193,500 ±$57,323 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $175,000 ±$10,570
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±5.2% (142  ±117.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lawrence County: 9.5% † 4,257 (±1.5% / ±688.6)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.5% ±8.2% (1,220  ±251) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lawrence County: 89.9% 28,927 (±3.4% / ±1,101.6)
  • 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)
25% ±11.2% (345  ±166.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 20.4% 6,566 (±1.8% / ±570.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.6% ±0.7% (14  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lawrence County: 1.2% 546
  • 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

5.6% ±3.4% (91  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lawrence County: 9.3% † 3,299 (±1.1% / ±406)
  • 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)
91 Total veterans ±57 82 Male ±57 9 Female ±15

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