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Indianapolis city (balance), IN

870,340 Population
361.6 square miles 2,407.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$29,008 ±$846 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: $35,391 ±$804
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $30,988 ±$355
$49,661 ±$1,935 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: $62,502 ±$1,254
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $57,603 ±$680

15.8% ±1.3% (134,443  ±11,057) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 10.5% 212,842 (±0.7% / ±13,209)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 11.9% 775,823 (±0.4% / ±24,457)

24.1 minutes ±0.6 (9,670,650  ±325,743) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 25.6 24,938,045 (±0.5 / ±551,646)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 24.2 74,604,190 (±0.2 / ±807,563)

Families

340,639 ±4,213 Number of households
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 793,781 ±6,186
  • Indiana: 2,597,765 ±12,716
2.5 ±0 (854,783  ±6,706) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 2.6 2,040,198 (±0 / ±3,192)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,542,140 (±0)

5.1% ±0.9% (11,285  ±1,983) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 4.6% † 23,378 (±0.6% / ±2,908)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 5.2% 81,658 (±0.3% / ±4,639)

Housing

384,807 ±3,177 Number of housing units
  • the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 875,563 ±1,198
  • Indiana: 2,921,115 ±396

$155,400 ±$2,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: $183,800 ±$3,277
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $156,000 ±$987

13.2% ±1.1% (113,235  ±9,669.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 13.1% 269,801 (±0.8% / ±15,577.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 13.8% 921,268 (±0.4% / ±25,110.5)

Social

86.7% ±2% (496,816  ±12,119.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 90.4% 1,254,230 (±1.3% / ±18,667.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 89.6% 4,033,932 (±0.7% / ±29,788.1)
30.9% ±1.2% (177,021  ±7,121.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 35.2% 488,357 (±0.9% / ±11,799.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 26.9% 1,212,826 (±0.4% / ±18,011.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

9.7% ±0.7% (84,055  ±6,216) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 6.9% 143,889 (±0.4% / ±7,644)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 5.3% 358,598 (±0.2% / ±12,503)

6% ±0.5% (39,178  ±3,203) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area: 6.5% 101,504 (±0.3% / ±5,219)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 7.1% 364,594 (±0.2% / ±7,998)
39,178 Total veterans ±3,203 36,113 Male ±3,221 3,065 Female ±959

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