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Santa Claus, IN

2,718 Population
6.4 square miles 422.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Spencer County: 44.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$42,193 ±$6,655 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Spencer County: $34,493 † ±$4,124
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Indiana: $32,537 ±$172
$89,318 ±$24,488 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Spencer County: $59,624 ±$4,378
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $61,944 ±$284

2.3% ±1.6% (62  ±43) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Spencer County: 7.4% † 1,457 (±1.6% / ±323)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 12.5% 819,005 (±0.2% / ±12,122)

29.2 minutes ±2.5 (37,765  ±5,253) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Spencer County: 26.8 244,320 (±0.9 / ±13,553)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 23.9 70,986,416 (±0.1 / ±481,404)

Families

1,014 ±86 Number of households
  • Spencer County: 7,870 ±173
  • Indiana: 2,622,601 ±6,597
2.7 ±0.3 (2,718  ±163) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Spencer County: 2.5 19,684 (±0.1 / ±101)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,569,246 (±0)

1.2% ±1.4% (7  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Spencer County: 3.2% † 128 (±1.4% / ±57)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 5.3% 82,749 (±0.2% / ±2,321)

Housing

1,130 ±100 Number of housing units
  • Spencer County: 8,625 ±45
  • Indiana: 2,911,562 ±380

$184,300 ±$20,119 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Spencer County: $144,100 ±$7,648
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $158,500 ±$660

8.3% ±4.5% (225  ±123.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Spencer County: 10.3% † 2,038 (±2% / ±401.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 14.1% 939,007 (±0.2% / ±13,224.2)

Social

97.3% ±6.8% (1,790  ±182.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Spencer County: 91.4% 12,955 (±4.3% / ±613.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 89.8% 4,040,734 (±0.3% / ±14,390.2)
37.5% ±5.8% (689  ±118.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Spencer County: 19.2% † 2,724 (±2.1% / ±301.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 27.8% 1,253,299 (±0.2% / ±8,638.3)

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

0.9% ±0.9% (25  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Spencer County: 2.5% † 504 (±0.7% / ±145)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 365,757 (±0.1% / ±4,691)

12.3% ±3.4% (245  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Spencer County: 9.6% † 1,501 (±1.6% / ±244)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 7.1% 364,706 (±0.1% / ±4,028)
245 Total veterans ±70 237 Male ±67 8 Female ±10

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