What is the population of Bicknell city?

Bicknell city has 2,879 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #183 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Bicknell city?

Median household income in Bicknell city is $51,099 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bicknell city?

Median gross rent is $809 a month and the median home value is $59,700, so rent absorbs about 19% of median household income.

Is Bicknell city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bicknell city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bicknell, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bicknell, Indiana (Bicknell, IN — Census place “Bicknell city”) is 2,879 residents, ranking #183 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $51,099, the median home is worth $59,700 and median gross rent runs $809 a month. Looking for the Bicknell Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bicknell, IN: 47512.

Population: 2,879Bicknell city residents
Median household income: $51,099Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $59,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $809Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.9%Owner-occupied households

Bicknell ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bicknell.

The Bicknell IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

47512

What the numbers mean in Bicknell city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bicknell city median would spend about 19% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.2% of residents and 62.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bicknell city, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bicknell city is a small town in Indiana, with 2,879 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #183 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 41.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bicknell city earn a median of $51,099 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 14.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bicknell city is valued at $59,700, 80.3% below the national figure and 59% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $809 a month, 42.5% below the national figure, or roughly $9,708 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 62.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bicknell city?: Bicknell city has 2,879 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #183 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Bicknell city?: Median household income in Bicknell city is $51,099 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bicknell city?: Median gross rent is $809 a month and the median home value is $59,700, so rent absorbs about 19% of median household income.
Is Bicknell city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bicknell city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bicknell city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.