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Petersburg, IN

2,414 Population
1.6 square miles 1,526 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pike County: 43.7 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,019 ±$3,574 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pike County: $35,974 ±$2,928
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,188 ±$8,452 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pike County: $71,334 ±$4,205
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±4.2% (268  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pike County: 10.7% † 1,278 (±2.8% / ±331)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±7.7 (27,585  ±5,898) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pike County: 26.6 140,750 (±1.3 / ±10,732)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,041 ±135 Number of households
  • Pike County: 5,021 ±162
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (2,305  ±281) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pike County: 2.4 11,955 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±3.6% (25  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pike County: 4.2% † 99 (±2.2% / ±53)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,203 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Pike County: 5,589 ±25
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,000 ±$35,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pike County: $154,900 ±$11,310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.1% ±11.1% (481  ±271.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pike County: 11.6% † 1,393 (±3.1% / ±374)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.6% ±1.2% (1,473  ±203) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pike County: 90.5% 7,790 (±5.4% / ±463.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.1% ±3.7% (156  ±67.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pike County: 16% † 1,380 (±2.7% / ±235.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-quarter of 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% ±0.1% (1  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pike County: 0.4% 47
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±3.8% (125  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pike County: 7.6% † 714 (±1.5% / ±138)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
125 Total veterans ±73 125 Male ±73 N/A Female ±13

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