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Peru, IN

10,901 Population
5.1 square miles 2,156.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 41.5 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,614 ±$1,888 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $30,463 ±$1,590
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,159 ±$3,848 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $61,139 ±$3,618
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.6% ±5.9% (2,543  ±647) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 15.1% † 5,029 (±2.4% / ±790)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±2.1 (92,740  ±13,066) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 25.6 357,520 (±2.1 / ±33,117)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,440 ±259 Number of households
  • the Peru, IN Micro Area: 13,318 ±263
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (10,791  ±491) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 2.5 33,297 (±0.1 / ±104)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.5% ±1.9% (60  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 5.6% † 390 (±2.1% / ±148)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,266 ±248 Number of housing units
  • the Peru, IN Micro Area: 14,952 ±58
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$92,500 ±$5,559 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $126,200 ±$9,686
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.8% ±5.7% (1,710  ±621.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 16.3% † 5,754 (±2.5% / ±891.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.7% ±5.5% (6,464  ±527.1) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.4% ±3.3% (1,195  ±250.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 16.1% † 4,045 (±1.6% / ±410.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.6% ±0.5% (70  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 1.4% 510
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.4% (611  ±203) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 8% † 2,270 (±1.2% / ±349)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
611 Total veterans ±203 480 Male ±137 131 Female ±128

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