Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Smith township, Whitley County, IN

5,269 Population
35 square miles 150.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

40 ±4.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Whitley County: 41.3 ±1
  • 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

$39,461 ±$4,461 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Whitley County: $38,313 ±$1,895
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,761 ±$10,675 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Whitley County: $78,083 ±$4,394
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.8% ±1.9% (201  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Whitley County: 9.9% † 3,392 (±1.9% / ±637)
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±4.2 (64,885  ±12,332) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Whitley County: 22.6 359,350 (±1 / ±21,221)
  • 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

2,058 ±129 Number of households
  • Whitley County: 14,029 ±249
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (5,266  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Whitley County: 2.4 34,264 (±0 / ±18)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±4.8% (68  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Whitley County: 8.9% † 658 (±2.1% / ±157)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,188 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Whitley County: 15,030 ±35
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$193,200 ±$15,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $219,400 ±$9,316
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±2.5% (317  ±130.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Whitley County: 11.4% † 3,908 (±2.1% / ±718.3)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.9% ±9.3% (3,560  ±382.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Whitley County: 93% 22,510 (±4.1% / ±999.8)
  • 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)
23.2% ±5.4% (861  ±202.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whitley County: 23.6% 5,720 (±2.2% / ±523)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±1.4% (86  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Whitley County: 1% 341
  • 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

4.3% ±1.7% (173  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Whitley County: 7.5% † 2,006 (±1.1% / ±292)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
173 Total veterans ±70 173 Male ±70 N/A Female ±18

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.