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Railroad township, Starke County, IN

1,315 Population
36.6 square miles 35.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±12.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Starke County: 42.1 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,463 ±$7,156 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Starke County: $29,104 ±$1,338
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,000 ±$39,878 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Starke County: $63,960 ±$4,893
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.8% ±2% (24  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Starke County: 13.4% † 3,101 (±2.6% / ±604)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±2.9 (17,995  ±6,899) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Starke County: 29.8 273,175 (±2.7 / ±28,623)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

446 ±99 Number of households
  • Starke County: 8,983 ±275
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.7 (1,315  ±413) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Starke County: 2.6 23,268 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 20 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

543 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Starke County: 11,273 ±40
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,100 ±$38,632 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Starke County: $157,700 ±$7,067
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.7% ±6.6% (114  ±94.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Starke County: 6.6% † 1,524 (±1.6% / ±379.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±30% (870  ±189) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Starke County: 87.1% 14,301 (±4.1% / ±681.3)
  • 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)
12.4% ±6.8% (118  ±71) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Starke County: 12.5% † 2,058 (±1.7% / ±272.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-third 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

1.6% ±2.1% (21  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Starke County: 2.4% 549
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±3.4% (53  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Starke County: 7.4% † 1,334 (±0.9% / ±171)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
53 Total veterans ±38 53 Male ±38 N/A Female ±13

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