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Mexico, IN

906 Population
5.5 square miles 165 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±15.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 41.5 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2

Economics

$44,306 ±$12,304 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $30,463 ±$1,590
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
$87,635 ±$16,936 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $61,139 ±$3,618
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352

2.1% ±3% (16  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 15.1% † 5,029 (±2.4% / ±790)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)

17.4 minutes ±0.9 (6,500  ±3,116) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 25.6 357,520 (±2.1 / ±33,117)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)

Families

415 ±171 Number of households
  • the Peru, IN Micro Area: 13,318 ±263
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
1.8 ±1 (749  ±275) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 2.5 33,297 (±0.1 / ±104)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

482 ±176 Number of housing units
  • the Peru, IN Micro Area: 14,952 ±58
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617

$108,400 ±$30,495 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $126,200 ±$9,686
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739

14.9% ±5.8% (135  ±32.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 16.3% † 5,754 (±2.5% / ±891.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)

Social

88.2% ±3.3% (709  ±220.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 88.6% 22,306 (±3.3% / ±856.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
22.9% ±15.4% (184  ±135.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 16.1% † 4,045 (±1.6% / ±410.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

13.6% ±14% (113  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 8% † 2,270 (±1.2% / ±349)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
113 Total veterans ±121 24 Male ±33 89 Female ±117

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