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Northern Wells Community Schools, IN

15,732 Population
165.2 square miles 95.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wells County: 39.8 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,590 ±$2,061 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wells County: $36,845 ±$1,986
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,923 ±$6,646 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wells County: $71,957 ±$3,917
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±2.2% (1,253  ±343) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wells County: 7.2% † 2,000 (±1.6% / ±441)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±3.5 (197,630  ±28,000) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wells County: 24.2 322,220 (±2 / ±28,981)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,600 ±224 Number of households
  • Wells County: 11,546 ±172
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (15,304  ±287) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wells County: 2.4 27,893 (±0 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±1.8% (114  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Wells County: 7.1% † 414 (±1.9% / ±108)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,821 ±227 Number of housing units
  • Wells County: 12,074 ±31
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$221,600 ±$15,461 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wells County: $197,600 ±$11,866
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.8% ±3.6% (1,995  ±569.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Wells County: 12.8% † 3,597 (±2.5% / ±713.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.2% ±4.5% (10,386  ±587.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wells County: 92.9% 17,782 (±3.7% / ±722.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.4% ±2.6% (2,575  ±297.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wells County: 20% 3,820 (±1.8% / ±347.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1% ±0.5% (161  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Wells County: 1.9% 533
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.3% (773  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wells County: 5.7% † 1,229 (±0.9% / ±192)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
773 Total veterans ±155 773 Male ±155 N/A Female ±20

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