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Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area

2,129,479 Population
4,306.6 square miles 494.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,422 ±$881 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $33,054 ±$362
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$70,224 ±$1,207 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $62,743 ±$716
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

10.6% ±0.7% (221,195  ±15,528) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 803,021 (±0.4% / ±25,718)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.9 minutes ±0.3 (21,543,220  ±421,538) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 23.8 67,055,300 (±0.2 / ±697,528)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

834,540 ±4,806 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,680,694 ±9,238
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (2,094,154  ±3,592) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,624,430 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.8% ±0.6% (29,762  ±3,315) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,099 (±0.3% / ±4,497)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

905,629 ±1,225 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 2,950,121 ±809
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$223,200 ±$3,590 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $182,400 ±$2,006
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

13% ±0.8% (273,505  ±16,112.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 13.3% 893,815 (±0.4% / ±26,942.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.8% ±1.5% (1,312,195  ±21,509.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,132,897 (±0.7% / ±32,646)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
37.8% ±0.9% (540,505  ±13,148.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 28.9% 1,316,787 (±0.4% / ±18,614.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

11.1% ±0.7% (221,903  ±12,893.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 9.3% 597,124 (±0.3% / ±17,025.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

7.9% ±0.5% (167,154  ±11,012) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 5.6% 379,407 (±0.2% / ±12,678)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.9% ±0.3% (94,583  ±4,914) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.4% 335,248 (±0.2% / ±9,646)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
94,583 Total veterans ±4,914 86,623 Male ±4,359 7,960 Female ±1,764

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