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Elwood, IN

8,356 Population
4 square miles 2,092.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,101 ±$2,692 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: $43,743 ±$435
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,280 ±$3,126 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: $79,852 ±$856
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.5% ±6.5% (1,591  ±534) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 10.7% 224,015 (±0.3% / ±7,195)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.6 minutes ±4.1 (111,345  ±20,185) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 25.5 23,008,200 (±0.2 / ±248,543)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,422 ±228 Number of households
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 842,765 ±2,618
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (8,306  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 2.5 2,095,544 (±0 / ±171)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±2.7% (65  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 5.4% 27,781 (±0.3% / ±1,443)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,903 ±281 Number of housing units
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 909,926 ±365
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$97,800 ±$11,048 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: $265,900 ±$1,972
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.7% ±4.6% (1,139  ±384.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 13% 273,007 (±0.4% / ±7,727.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±8.7% (5,453  ±585) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 91.3% 1,302,745 (±0.7% / ±9,624.7)
  • about the same as 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)
8.3% ±2.5% (490  ±149) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 38.5% 549,785 (±0.4% / ±6,014)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.5% ±0.5% (45  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 9.2% 195,701
  • about 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% ±1.9% (439  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area: 5.8% 93,869 (±0.2% / ±2,702)
  • 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)
439 Total veterans ±129 420 Male ±123 19 Female ±26

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