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Union township, Parke County, IN

1,615 Population
32.7 square miles 49.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±11.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Parke County: 41.6 ±0.9
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,469 ±$7,096 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Parke County: $32,228 ±$1,958
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,705 ±$19,505 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Parke County: $68,485 ±$4,007
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±13% (311  ±218) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Parke County: 16.2% † 2,486 (±3.5% / ±536)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29 minutes ±16.4 (15,935  ±6,346) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Parke County: 30.4 174,120 (±1.5 / ±13,467)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

648 ±130 Number of households
  • Parke County: 6,147 ±232
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.7 (1,615  ±300) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Parke County: 2.5 15,411 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • 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

9.5% ±11.9% (30  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Parke County: 5.7% † 208 (±2.4% / ±87)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,288 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Parke County: 7,657 ±43
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$228,400 ±$115,335 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Parke County: $151,200 ±$14,507
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

77% ±10.1% (913  ±235.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Parke County: 83% 9,606 (±4.4% / ±518.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.1% ±10.9% (321  ±147) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Parke County: 15.4% † 1,784 (±2.3% / ±261.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.5% ±0.7% (8  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Parke County: 0.3% 54
  • 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

7.4% ±6.7% (98  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Parke County: 8.3% † 1,058 (±1.3% / ±169)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
98 Total veterans ±91 98 Male ±91 N/A Female ±13

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