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Carter township, Spencer County, IN

3,231 Population
35.8 square miles 90.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Spencer County: 44.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,051 ±$3,652 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Spencer County: $36,369 ±$1,558
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,288 ±$16,719 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Spencer County: $74,506 ±$7,344
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.9% ±3.9% (247  ±122) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Spencer County: 7.5% † 1,462 (±1.2% / ±238)
  • 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)

26.3 minutes ±4.4 (39,430  ±8,145) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Spencer County: 26 241,700 (±1.2 / ±13,892)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,147 ±103 Number of households
  • Spencer County: 8,078 ±143
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (3,118  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Spencer County: 2.4 19,627 (±0 / ±20)
  • about 10 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,195 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Spencer County: 8,727 ±43
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,300 ±$20,649 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Spencer County: $185,200 ±$10,399
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±3.2% (238  ±102.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Spencer County: 9.4% † 1,854 (±1.9% / ±370.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±8.8% (1,924  ±234.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Spencer County: 93.2% 13,285 (±4.4% / ±626.5)
  • 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)
16.9% ±5.2% (361  ±113.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Spencer County: 22% † 3,138 (±2.2% / ±318.4)
  • 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

6.1% ±2.4% (196  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Spencer County: 2.2% 432
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.5% ±4.6% (292  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Spencer County: 6.8% † 1,067 (±1% / ±155)
  • about double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
292 Total veterans ±108 268 Male ±107 24 Female ±18

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