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Peru Community Schools, IN

13,022 Population
42.2 square miles 308.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Miami County: 41 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$28,230 ±$2,253 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Miami County: $29,185 ±$1,185
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$49,693 ±$6,729 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Miami County: $61,130 ±$3,825
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

22.8% ±4.6% (2,925  ±590) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Miami County: 15.2% † 5,083 (±2.3% / ±783)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

23.1 minutes ±2.5 (121,820  ±17,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Miami County: 25.1 356,740 (±1.9 / ±31,037)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

5,323 ±251 Number of households
  • Miami County: 13,270 ±278
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.4 ±0.1 (12,873  ±317) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Miami County: 2.5 33,529 (±0.1 / ±70)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

1.8% ±1.2% (51  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Miami County: 3.5% † 238 (±1% / ±70)
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

6,132 ±314 Number of housing units
  • Miami County: 14,927 ±58
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$94,000 ±$5,611 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Miami County: $118,000 ±$4,646
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

17.2% ±5.4% (2,232  ±702.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Miami County: 16.3% † 5,801 (±2.8% / ±985.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

88.5% ±4.6% (7,947  ±543.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Miami County: 87.5% 21,998 (±3.3% / ±841.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
17.6% ±2.8% (1,581  ±261.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Miami County: 16.1% † 4,053 (±1.6% / ±409.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

0.3% ±0.2% (34  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Miami County: 1.1% 409
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

8.7% ±2.5% (877  ±257) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Miami County: 8.7% † 2,442 (±1.2% / ±340)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
877 Total veterans ±257 724 Male ±187 153 Female ±133

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