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Santa Claus, IN

2,822 Population
6.5 square miles 435.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±3.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Spencer County: 44.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$47,559 ±$8,308 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Spencer County: $36,718 ±$1,876
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$101,875 ±$26,766 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Spencer County: $70,890 ±$6,112
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

3.2% ±1.9% (90  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Spencer County: 6.6% † 1,294 (±1.1% / ±220)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

31.3 minutes ±3.2 (39,620  ±7,888) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Spencer County: 26.2 240,830 (±1.4 / ±15,343)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

1,046 ±94 Number of households
  • Spencer County: 7,979 ±174
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.7 ±0 (2,822  ±256) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Spencer County: 2.5 19,553 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

8.3% ±5.7% (43  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Spencer County: 3.5% † 141 (±1.3% / ±54)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

1,137 ±113 Number of housing units
  • Spencer County: 8,685 ±63
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$247,400 ±$20,182 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Spencer County: $180,200 ±$9,570
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

10.8% ±4.7% (299  ±134.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Spencer County: 10% † 1,963 (±1.7% / ±342.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

98.9% ±6.4% (1,846  ±202.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Spencer County: 93.1% 13,179 (±4.1% / ±583.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
37.7% ±6% (703  ±127.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Spencer County: 21.2% 3,008 (±2% / ±278.8)
  • about 1.3 times 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

0.5% ±0.5% (13  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Spencer County: 2.4% 476
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

11.2% ±3.8% (228  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Spencer County: 7.9% † 1,220 (±1.2% / ±191)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
228 Total veterans ±80 202 Male ±77 26 Female ±17

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