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Muncie, IN

65,055 Population
27.4 square miles 2,373.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$25,080 ±$2,787 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: $31,510 ±$2,926
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
$41,417 ±$5,972 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: $54,232 ±$3,640
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630

30.7% ±4.4% (17,621  ±2,556) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 20.8% † 21,777 (±2.8% / ±2,879)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)

18.1 minutes ±0.7 (490,730  ±28,870) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 21.2 1,013,510 (±0.7 / ±44,115)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)

Families

26,820 ±1,859 Number of households
  • the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 45,867 ±1,695
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
2.1 ±0.2 (57,226  ±1,716) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 2.3 104,812 (±0.1 / ±235)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,744,786

3% ±2.3% (607  ±467) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 2.8% † 834 (±1.7% / ±499)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)

Housing

31,454 ±1,242 Number of housing units
  • the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 51,805 ±106
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258

$97,200 ±$9,743 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: $154,400 ±$10,029
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916

26.9% ±5.4% (17,294  ±3,505.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 19.1% † 21,362 (±3.4% / ±3,757.6)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)

Social

83.5% ±6.7% (30,686  ±2,838.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 89.1% 63,199 (±5.2% / ±3,701.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
22.7% ±3.9% (8,325  ±1,476.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 24.8% † 17,544 (±2.7% / ±1,931.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)

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

4.1% ±1.8% (2,661  ±1,186) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 3.4% 3,838
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371

4% ±1.5% (2,214  ±818) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Muncie, IN Metro Area: 5.2% † 4,794 (±1.1% / ±993)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
2,214 Total veterans ±818 2,034 Male ±769 180 Female ±181

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