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Elwood, IN

8,320 Population
4 square miles 2,096.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$28,005 ±$2,870 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: $42,522 ±$426
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$54,084 ±$4,278 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: $77,065 ±$873
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

14.6% ±5% (1,184  ±408) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 10.5% 217,654 (±0.3% / ±6,287)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

27.4 minutes ±5 (109,555  ±22,913) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 25.4 22,997,750 (±0.2 / ±235,957)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

3,476 ±226 Number of households
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 829,040 ±2,350
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.4 ±0.2 (8,283  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 2.5 2,073,549 (±0 / ±133)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

2.6% ±2.4% (51  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 5.4% 27,704 (±0.3% / ±1,470)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

4,028 ±264 Number of housing units
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 898,849 ±254
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$92,800 ±$7,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: $244,000 ±$1,676
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

15.7% ±4.8% (1,301  ±399.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 13.3% 276,546 (±0.4% / ±7,521.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

90.9% ±8.6% (5,323  ±587.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 91.1% 1,282,288 (±0.6% / ±9,083.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
7.1% ±2.1% (413  ±125.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 37.9% 532,685 (±0.4% / ±6,009.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.6% (54  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 8.4% 176,375
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

5.8% ±1.8% (379  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 6% 94,904 (±0.2% / ±2,334)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
379 Total veterans ±121 360 Male ±120 19 Female ±16

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