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Laughery township, Ripley County, IN

5,105 Population
25.8 square miles 197.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ripley County: 41.2 ±0.6
  • 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

$33,066 ±$4,192 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ripley County: $35,537 ±$2,262
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,119 ±$11,176 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ripley County: $70,573 ±$4,366
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±6.4% (796  ±320) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ripley County: 10.1% † 2,889 (±1.8% / ±520)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.1 minutes ±3.2 (48,625  ±9,267) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ripley County: 26.8 349,225 (±1.9 / ±28,852)
  • 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

2,096 ±141 Number of households
  • Ripley County: 11,531 ±238
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (5,001  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ripley County: 2.5 28,603 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • 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

5% ±3.8% (60  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ripley County: 5.7% † 339 (±1.6% / ±94)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,175 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Ripley County: 12,461 ±27
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$205,000 ±$19,228 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ripley County: $222,500 ±$9,783
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±3.2% (461  ±164.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ripley County: 7.9% † 2,276 (±1.5% / ±431.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.2% ±8.7% (3,126  ±352.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ripley County: 90.6% 18,030 (±4% / ±800.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.1% ±5.5% (879  ±189) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ripley County: 20.7% † 4,122 (±2.2% / ±434.6)
  • 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

0.3% ±0.7% (17  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ripley County: 1.2% 355
  • less than 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

3.6% ±1.8% (134  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Ripley County: 7% † 1,548 (±0.8% / ±175)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
134 Total veterans ±66 134 Male ±66 N/A Female ±18

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