Census Reporter

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area

2,076,531 Population
4,306.5 square miles 482.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$35,391 ±$804 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $30,988 ±$355
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$62,502 ±$1,254 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $57,603 ±$680
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

10.5% ±0.7% (212,842  ±13,209) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 11.9% 775,823 (±0.4% / ±24,457)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

25.6 minutes ±0.5 (24,938,045  ±551,646) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.2 74,604,190 (±0.2 / ±807,563)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

793,781 ±6,186 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,597,765 ±12,716
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.6 ±0 (2,040,198  ±3,192) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,542,140 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.6% ±0.6% (23,378  ±2,908) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.2% 81,658 (±0.3% / ±4,639)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

875,563 ±1,198 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 2,921,115 ±396
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$183,800 ±$3,277 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $156,000 ±$987
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

13.1% ±0.8% (269,801  ±15,577.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 13.8% 921,268 (±0.4% / ±25,110.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

90.4% ±1.3% (1,254,230  ±18,667.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 89.6% 4,033,932 (±0.7% / ±29,788.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
35.2% ±0.9% (488,357  ±11,799.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 26.9% 1,212,826 (±0.4% / ±18,011.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

9.1% ±0.5% (176,995  ±10,388.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 8.8% 556,817 (±0.3% / ±15,848.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

6.9% ±0.4% (143,889  ±7,644) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 5.3% 358,598 (±0.2% / ±12,503)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

6.5% ±0.3% (101,504  ±5,219) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 7.1% 364,594 (±0.2% / ±7,998)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
101,504 Total veterans ±5,219 93,992 Male ±4,932 7,512 Female ±1,310

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