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Peru, IN Urban Area

12,270 Population
6.5 square miles 1,895.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,904 ±$2,144 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,343 ±$3,806 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.8% ±5.2% (2,645  ±634) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±2.1 (105,760  ±14,319) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,994 ±279 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (12,122  ±407) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±2% (86  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,905 ±249 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,300 ±$5,438 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.9% ±5.1% (1,823  ±629.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.5% ±5.2% (7,388  ±543) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.5% ±3.1% (1,364  ±263.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±0.5% (91  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2.2% (693  ±208) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
693 Total veterans ±208 540 Male ±142 153 Female ±130

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