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Cotton township, Switzerland County, IN

2,425 Population
36 square miles 67.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Switzerland County: 42.5 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,726 ±$3,858 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Switzerland County: $31,416 ±$1,967
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,479 ±$17,767 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Switzerland County: $65,343 ±$5,269
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.6% ±1.6% (39  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Switzerland County: 12.6% † 1,232 (±3.8% / ±367)
  • 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)

36.9 minutes ±5.2 (40,410  ±9,602) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Switzerland County: 32.9 133,885 (±2.2 / ±11,850)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

783 ±144 Number of households
  • Switzerland County: 3,875 ±159
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.7 (2,425  ±332) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Switzerland County: 2.5 9,812 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.2% (8  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Switzerland County: 6.8% † 139 (±4% / ±81)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

881 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Switzerland County: 4,456 ±22
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$209,900 ±$24,621 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Switzerland County: $175,800 † ±$23,400
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.2% ±3% (78  ±72.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Switzerland County: 10.1% † 982 (±2.7% / ±265.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.9% ±6.4% (1,189  ±211.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Switzerland County: 80.3% 5,500 (±5.3% / ±365.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.3% ±5.2% (174  ±79.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Switzerland County: 8.9% † 607 (±1.8% / ±126.1)
  • 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% ±1.1% (24  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Switzerland County: 1.1% 111
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±5.5% (153  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Switzerland County: 8.6% † 653 (±1.8% / ±134)
  • 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)
153 Total veterans ±93 153 Male ±93 N/A Female ±13

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