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Southern Wells Community Schools, IN

3,797 Population
155.1 square miles 24.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wells County: 40.2 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$38,531 ±$12,661 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wells County: $35,280 ±$2,230
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$71,875 ±$16,573 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wells County: $69,741 ±$4,693
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

3.2% ±2.5% (121  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wells County: 7.2% † 1,996 (±1.6% / ±436)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

25.5 minutes ±2.3 (44,730  ±7,744) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wells County: 23.2 309,060 (±2.2 / ±30,352)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

1,383 ±105 Number of households
  • Wells County: 11,360 ±182
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.8 ±0.3 (3,797  ±265) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wells County: 2.4 27,701 (±0 / ±11)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

7.6% ±8.3% (59  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wells County: 7.4% † 436 (±2.4% / ±143)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

1,462 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Wells County: 12,003 ±38
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$174,600 ±$24,790 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wells County: $180,000 ±$8,090
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

3.4% ±3% (128  ±110.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wells County: 11.9% † 3,331 (±2.3% / ±631.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

89.9% ±6.6% (2,134  ±234.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wells County: 93.3% 17,796 (±4.1% / ±788.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
7.6% ±3.1% (180  ±73.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wells County: 18.9% 3,597 (±1.8% / ±350.4)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.5% ±0.5% (18  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wells County: 1.2% 328
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

5.8% ±3.1% (155  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wells County: 6.4% † 1,368 (±1% / ±216)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
155 Total veterans ±83 155 Male ±83 N/A Female ±13

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