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46970

23,020 Population
179.9 square miles 127.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 41.5 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,917 ±$2,152 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $30,463 ±$1,590
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
$57,842 ±$5,516 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $61,139 ±$3,618
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352

16.6% ±3.1% (3,678  ±693) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 15.1% † 5,029 (±2.4% / ±790)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)

24.2 minutes ±1.9 (223,665  ±22,990) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 25.6 357,520 (±2.1 / ±33,117)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)

Families

9,018 ±357 Number of households
  • the Peru, IN Micro Area: 13,318 ±263
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
2.5 ±0.1 (22,214  ±597) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 2.5 33,297 (±0.1 / ±104)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685

4.1% ±1.9% (194  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 5.6% † 390 (±2.1% / ±148)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)

Housing

10,251 ±313 Number of housing units
  • the Peru, IN Micro Area: 14,952 ±58
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617

$118,700 ±$5,470 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Peru, IN Micro Area: $126,200 ±$9,686
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739

16.1% ±3.4% (3,683  ±774) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 16.3% † 5,754 (±2.5% / ±891.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)

Social

90.1% ±3.6% (14,204  ±720) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 88.6% 22,306 (±3.3% / ±856.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
16.7% ±2.2% (2,636  ±362.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 16.1% † 4,045 (±1.6% / ±410.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)

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

1.2% ±0.6% (278  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 1.4% 510
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255

8.5% ±1.6% (1,517  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Peru, IN Micro Area: 8% † 2,270 (±1.2% / ±349)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
1,517 Total veterans ±290 1,225 Male ±221 292 Female ±151

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