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Peru township, Miami County, IN

10,607 Population
25 square miles 424.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Miami County: 41.5 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,058 ±$3,201 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Miami County: $30,463 ±$1,590
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,881 ±$5,587 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Miami County: $61,139 ±$3,618
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.3% ±5.8% (2,333  ±605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Miami County: 15.1% † 5,029 (±2.4% / ±790)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.8 minutes ±2.3 (94,095  ±13,332) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Miami County: 25.6 357,520 (±2.1 / ±33,117)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,215 ±248 Number of households
  • Miami County: 13,318 ±263
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (10,467  ±31) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Miami County: 2.5 33,297 (±0.1 / ±104)
  • 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

1.1% ±1% (26  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Miami County: 5.6% † 390 (±2.1% / ±148)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,956 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Miami County: 14,952 ±58
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,700 ±$6,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Miami County: $126,200 ±$9,686
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.6% ±6.1% (1,859  ±643.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Miami County: 16.3% † 5,754 (±2.5% / ±891.4)
  • about 1.4 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

90% ±6.1% (6,518  ±521.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Miami County: 88.6% 22,306 (±3.3% / ±856.8)
  • 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)
16.8% ±3.3% (1,215  ±241.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Miami County: 16.1% † 4,045 (±1.6% / ±410.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.1% ±0.9% (118  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Miami County: 1.4% 510
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±2.5% (739  ±206) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Miami County: 8% † 2,270 (±1.2% / ±349)
  • 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)
739 Total veterans ±206 614 Male ±157 125 Female ±128

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