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Santa Claus, IN

2,746 Population
6.5 square miles 423.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Spencer County: 44.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$45,729 ±$7,951 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Spencer County: $34,874 ±$1,721
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Indiana: $35,578 ±$204
$107,083 ±$30,368 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Spencer County: $66,168 ±$4,490
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $67,173 ±$383

3.2% ±1.6% (86  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Spencer County: 7.2% † 1,415 (±1.7% / ±327)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 810,702 (±0.2% / ±12,590)

31.1 minutes ±4 (40,465  ±7,482) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Spencer County: 27.1 252,065 (±1.7 / ±18,349)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 24 70,930,790 (±0.1 / ±439,123)

Families

980 ±95 Number of households
  • Spencer County: 7,858 ±155
  • Indiana: 2,653,596 ±6,425
2.8 ±0.4 (2,746  ±249) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Spencer County: 2.5 19,628 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,605,451

8.1% ±5.3% (46  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Spencer County: 3.7% † 149 (±1.3% / ±51)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,276 (±0.2% / ±2,549)

Housing

1,111 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Spencer County: 8,646 ±47
  • Indiana: 2,931,710 ±389

$216,300 ±$17,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Spencer County: $168,200 ±$7,522
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $183,600 ±$746

10.7% ±4.5% (290  ±,125.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Spencer County: 10.8% † 2,128 (±2.1% / ±,421.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 13.7% 918,524 (±0.2% / ±14,090.3)

Social

98.1% ±6% (1,781  ±,193.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Spencer County: 92.5% 13,099 (±3.9% / ±,559.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 90% 4,078,837 (±0.3% / ±15,589.7)
37.1% ±5.9% (674  ±,122.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Spencer County: 19.9% 2,819 (±2% / ±,279.5)
  • about 1.3 times 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% ±0.3% (5  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Spencer County: 2% 393
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.6% 377,934

13.6% ±3.5% (268  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Spencer County: 8.9% † 1,392 (±1.4% / ±220)
  • about double the rate in Indiana: 6.8% 352,716 (±0.1% / ±4,091)
268 Total veterans ±73 253 Male ±72 15 Female ±13

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