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Indianapolis city (balance), IN

869,387 Population
361.6 square miles 2,404 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,839 ±$447 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: $34,755 ±$331
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $30,693 ±$166
$50,813 ±$673 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: $63,545 ±$601
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $58,235 ±$305

16.9% ±0.7% (143,977  ±5,665) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 11.6% 231,752 (±0.3% / ±6,593)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.9% 838,149 (±0.2% / ±12,468)

23.9 minutes ±0.3 (9,384,160  ±160,615) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 25.3 23,620,225 (±0.3 / ±280,791)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 23.9 71,270,140 (±0.1 / ±453,116)

Families

342,825 ±1,835 Number of households
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 790,050 ±2,638
  • Indiana: 2,602,770 ±6,793
2.5 ±0 (853,533  ±1,222) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 2.6 2,013,696 (±0 / ±1,384)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,507,458 (±0)

5.2% ±0.4% (11,697  ±898) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 5.1% 25,527 (±0.3% / ±1,378)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 83,566 (±0.2% / ±2,518)

Housing

386,986 ±1,017 Number of housing units
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 868,045 ±560
  • Indiana: 2,903,720 ±564

$145,200 ±$1,833 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: $172,300 ±$1,008
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $148,900 ±$542

15.2% ±0.6% (130,544  ±5,168.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 14.3% 289,869 (±0.4% / ±7,034.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 14.3% 948,972 (±0.2% / ±11,039.2)

Social

86.4% ±1% (494,872  ±5,882.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 90.2% 1,232,737 (±0.7% / ±9,127)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 89.3% 3,989,755 (±0.4% / ±15,794.4)
32.1% ±0.6% (184,020  ±3,521.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 35.6% 486,393 (±0.4% / ±5,735.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 27.2% 1,212,794 (±0.2% / ±9,180.3)

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

9.7% ±0.3% (84,146  ±2,754) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 7.1% 146,122 (±0.2% / ±3,156)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 5.3% 355,838 (±0.1% / ±5,341)

6.4% ±0.3% (41,597  ±1,650) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 7% 107,705 (±0.2% / ±2,278)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 7.3% 372,074 (±0.1% / ±3,784)
41,597 Total veterans ±1,650 37,072 Male ±1,365 4,525 Female ±711

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