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Peru township, Miami County, IN

10,641 Population
25 square miles 425.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Miami County: 41.1 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$28,160 ±$2,707 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Miami County: $28,221 ±$1,417
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $35,578 ±$204
$51,888 ±$5,734 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Miami County: $59,551 ±$2,079
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $67,173 ±$383

21.4% ±5% (2,243  ±522) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Miami County: 15.8% † 5,306 (±2.1% / ±704)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 810,702 (±0.2% / ±12,590)

21.3 minutes ±1.6 (97,545  ±10,915) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Miami County: 24.8 358,700 (±1.9 / ±31,057)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,930,790 (±0.1 / ±439,123)

Families

4,192 ±251 Number of households
  • Miami County: 13,069 ±288
  • Indiana: 2,653,596 ±6,425
2.5 ±0.2 (10,480  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Miami County: 2.6 33,749 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,605,451

2.1% ±2% (48  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Miami County: 3.1% † 214 (±1.2% / ±82)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,276 (±0.2% / ±2,549)

Housing

4,919 ±242 Number of housing units
  • Miami County: 14,901 ±52
  • Indiana: 2,931,710 ±389

$83,600 ±$6,803 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Miami County: $112,800 ±$4,673
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $183,600 ±$746

17.9% ±5.4% (1,889  ±,566.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Miami County: 17.2% † 6,142 (±2.5% / ±,894.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 13.7% 918,524 (±0.2% / ±14,090.3)

Social

88.2% ±6% (6,497  ±,530.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Miami County: 86.8% 21,868 (±3.5% / ±,878.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90% 4,078,837 (±0.3% / ±15,589.7)
16% ±3.2% (1,179  ±,243.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Miami County: 15.5% † 3,912 (±1.6% / ±,412.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 28.2% 1,279,648 (±0.2% / ±9,038.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.3% (26  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Miami County: 1.1% 392
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.6% 377,934

10.4% ±2.7% (862  ±228) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Miami County: 10% † 2,846 (±1.3% / ±365)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.8% 352,716 (±0.1% / ±4,091)
862 Total veterans ±228 720 Male ±149 142 Female ±135

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