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Elwood, IN

8,339 Population
4 square miles 2,101.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$25,308 ±$2,143 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: $40,445 ±$410
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $35,578 ±$204
$52,139 ±$4,714 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: $73,571 ±$819
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $67,173 ±$383

16.8% ±5.3% (1,364  ±435) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 10.8% 223,253 (±0.3% / ±6,886)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 810,702 (±0.2% / ±12,590)

26.8 minutes ±4.6 (104,860  ±20,774) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 25.4 23,436,124 (±0.2 / ±261,555)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,930,790 (±0.1 / ±439,123)

Families

3,281 ±200 Number of households
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 822,994 ±2,956
  • Indiana: 2,653,596 ±6,425
2.5 ±0.2 (8,320  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 2.5 2,074,041 (±0 / ±266)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,605,451

4.5% ±3.8% (86  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 5.4% 27,308 (±0.3% / ±1,741)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,276 (±0.2% / ±2,549)

Housing

3,864 ±259 Number of housing units
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 896,395 ±212
  • Indiana: 2,931,710 ±389

$85,200 ±$5,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: $223,300 ±$1,618
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $183,600 ±$746

14.7% ±4.3% (1,215  ±356) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 13.9% 290,839 (±0.4% / ±7,378.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 13.7% 918,524 (±0.2% / ±14,090.3)

Social

90.7% ±8.7% (5,099  ±568) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 90.8% 1,277,695 (±0.7% / ±9,232.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90% 4,078,837 (±0.3% / ±15,589.7)
8.2% ±2.5% (462  ±,140.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 36.8% 517,458 (±0.4% / ±6,004.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 28.2% 1,279,648 (±0.2% / ±9,038.6)

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

0.3% ±0.3% (27  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 7.6% 160,349
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.6% 377,934

8.4% ±2% (535  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 6.3% 100,684 (±0.2% / ±2,546)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.8% 352,716 (±0.1% / ±4,091)
535 Total veterans ±130 528 Male ±130 7 Female ±12

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