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Muncie, IN

64,599 Population
27.4 square miles 2,357.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$25,956 ±$4,158 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: $30,022 ±$2,470
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $37,299 ±$411
$43,507 ±$2,566 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: $55,206 ±$4,856
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $69,477 ±$808

27.7% ±4.1% (15,828  ±2,393) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 19.7% † 20,497 (±3% / ±3,140)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,401 (±0.4% / ±24,875)

19 minutes ±1.1 (517,440  ±34,226) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 22.1 1,065,500 (±0.8 / ±47,392)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

26,505 ±1,445 Number of households
  • the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 44,361 ±1,572
  • Indiana: 2,754,881 ±9,894
2.2 ±0.1 (56,989  ±1,676) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 2.4 104,251 (±0.1 / ±522)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,683,725

2.7% ±1.7% (503  ±325) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 4.8% † 1,386 (±2.4% / ±690)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,077 (±0.4% / ±5,476)

Housing

32,361 ±1,054 Number of housing units
  • the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 51,776 ±220
  • Indiana: 3,002,580 ±509

$102,100 ±$25,626 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: $139,700 ±$8,870
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $225,900 ±$1,902

27.2% ±4.6% (17,458  ±2,986.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 18.8% † 20,890 (±2.9% / ±3,211.7)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.5% 848,621 (±0.4% / ±24,387.7)

Social

85.8% ±6.5% (32,870  ±2,788.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 89.3% 63,031 (±5.1% / ±3,637.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,173,951 (±0.7% / ±30,298)
26.6% ±4% (10,181  ±1,584.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 27.2% † 19,212 (±2.9% / ±2,079.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 30.2% 1,394,398 (±0.4% / ±16,999.7)

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

4.8% ±1.4% (3,073  ±926) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 3.5% 3,907
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 432,652

6% ±1.6% (3,304  ±910) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 5.9% † 5,383 (±1.1% / ±1,040)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 6% 318,287 (±0.2% / ±8,440)
3,304 Total veterans ±910 3,094 Male ±873 210 Female ±194

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