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Peru, IN

10,835 Population
5.1 square miles 2,143.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 41 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$24,619 ±$1,940 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $29,185 ±$1,185
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$46,180 ±$3,104 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $61,130 ±$3,825
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

25.4% ±5.4% (2,723  ±584) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 15.2% † 5,083 (±2.3% / ±783)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

22.5 minutes ±2.6 (94,000  ±15,152) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 25.1 356,740 (±1.9 / ±31,037)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

4,419 ±240 Number of households
  • the Peru, IN Micro Area: 13,270 ±278
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.4 ±0.2 (10,715  ±417) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 2.5 33,529 (±0.1 / ±70)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

2.2% ±1.5% (51  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 3.5% † 238 (±1% / ±70)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

5,239 ±291 Number of housing units
  • the Peru, IN Micro Area: 14,927 ±58
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$84,000 ±$6,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $118,000 ±$4,646
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

16.9% ±5.8% (1,823  ±629.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 16.3% † 5,801 (±2.8% / ±985.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

86.4% ±5.2% (6,324  ±497) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 87.5% 21,998 (±3.3% / ±841.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
16.5% ±3.2% (1,211  ±240.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 16.1% † 4,053 (±1.6% / ±409.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

0.2% ±0.3% (26  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 1.1% 409
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

8.3% ±2.8% (690  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 8.7% † 2,442 (±1.2% / ±340)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
690 Total veterans ±233 545 Male ±151 145 Female ±132

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