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Peru, IN

10,862 Population
5.1 square miles 2,148.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 41.1 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$23,913 ±$1,926 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $28,221 ±$1,417
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $35,578 ±$204
$44,665 ±$2,615 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $59,551 ±$2,079
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $67,173 ±$383

25.5% ±5.1% (2,733  ±558) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 15.8% † 5,306 (±2.1% / ±704)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 810,702 (±0.2% / ±12,590)

21.1 minutes ±2.1 (91,480  ±12,772) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 24.8 358,700 (±1.9 / ±31,057)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,930,790 (±0.1 / ±439,123)

Families

4,411 ±224 Number of households
  • the Peru, IN Micro Area: 13,069 ±288
  • Indiana: 2,653,596 ±6,425
2.4 ±0.2 (10,729  ±467) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 2.6 33,749 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,605,451

2.5% ±1.9% (59  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 3.1% † 214 (±1.2% / ±82)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,276 (±0.2% / ±2,549)

Housing

5,192 ±224 Number of housing units
  • the Peru, IN Micro Area: 14,901 ±52
  • Indiana: 2,931,710 ±389

$78,500 ±$4,475 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $112,800 ±$4,673
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $183,600 ±$746

16.3% ±4.8% (1,755  ±,527.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 17.2% † 6,142 (±2.5% / ±,894.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 13.7% 918,524 (±0.2% / ±14,090.3)

Social

86.7% ±5.5% (6,461  ±,528.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 86.8% 21,868 (±3.5% / ±,878.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90% 4,078,837 (±0.3% / ±15,589.7)
14.7% ±3.1% (1,098  ±,234.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 15.5% † 3,912 (±1.6% / ±,412.9)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 28.2% 1,279,648 (±0.2% / ±9,038.6)

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

0.2% ±0.2% (20  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 1.1% 392
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.6% 377,934

9.9% ±2.6% (834  ±223) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 10% † 2,846 (±1.3% / ±365)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.8% 352,716 (±0.1% / ±4,091)
834 Total veterans ±223 689 Male ±163 145 Female ±132

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