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Thorncreek township, Whitley County, IN

4,213 Population
35.2 square miles 119.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±4.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Whitley County: 41.3 ±1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,346 ±$6,097 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Whitley County: $38,313 ±$1,895
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$112,548 ±$17,828 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Whitley County: $78,083 ±$4,394
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.8% ±2.9% (203  ±122) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Whitley County: 9.9% † 3,392 (±1.9% / ±637)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.6 minutes ±2.5 (43,945  ±8,879) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Whitley County: 22.6 359,350 (±1 / ±21,221)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,483 ±147 Number of households
  • Whitley County: 14,029 ±249
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (4,213  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Whitley County: 2.4 34,264 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 20 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

18.5% ±7.4% (158  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Whitley County: 8.9% † 658 (±2.1% / ±157)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,854 ±173 Number of housing units
  • Whitley County: 15,030 ±35
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$331,400 ±$29,631 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Whitley County: $219,400 ±$9,316
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±7.7% (526  ±316.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 11.4% † 3,908 (±2.1% / ±718.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±10.9% (2,719  ±376.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32% ±7.8% (914  ±234.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Whitley County: 23.6% 5,720 (±2.2% / ±523)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.1% ±0.3% (6  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Whitley County: 1% 341
  • 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

6.6% ±3.6% (203  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Whitley County: 7.5% † 2,006 (±1.1% / ±292)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
203 Total veterans ±112 193 Male ±111 10 Female ±17

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