Census Reporter

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area

2,050,933 Population
4,306.6 square miles 476.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 37.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,755 ±$331 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $30,693 ±$166
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$63,545 ±$601 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $58,235 ±$305
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

11.6% ±0.3% (231,752  ±6,593) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.9% 838,149 (±0.2% / ±12,468)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

25.3 minutes ±0.3 (23,620,225  ±280,791) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 23.9 71,270,140 (±0.1 / ±453,116)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

790,050 ±2,638 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,602,770 ±6,793
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (2,013,696  ±1,384) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,507,458 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.1% ±0.3% (25,527  ±1,378) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 83,566 (±0.2% / ±2,518)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

868,045 ±560 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 2,903,720 ±564
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$172,300 ±$1,008 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $148,900 ±$542
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14.3% ±0.4% (289,869  ±7,034.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 14.3% 948,972 (±0.2% / ±11,039.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

90.2% ±0.7% (1,232,737  ±9,127) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 89.3% 3,989,755 (±0.4% / ±15,794.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
35.6% ±0.4% (486,393  ±5,735.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 27.2% 1,212,794 (±0.2% / ±9,180.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

7.1% ±0.2% (146,122  ±3,156) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 5.3% 355,838 (±0.1% / ±5,341)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7% ±0.2% (107,705  ±2,278) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 7.3% 372,074 (±0.1% / ±3,784)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
107,705 Total veterans ±2,278 97,833 Male ±2,095 9,872 Female ±959

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