
Indiana · Census place 14986
Converse, IN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Converse, Indiana (Converse, IN — Census place “Converse town”) is 912 residents, ranking #376 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $54,167, the median home is worth $101,700 and median gross rent runs $758 a month. Looking for the Converse Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Converse, IN: 46919.
- Population
- 912Converse town residents
- Median household income
- $54,167Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $101,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $758Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 78.3%Owner-occupied households
Converse ZIP codes (Indiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Converse.
The Converse IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Converse town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Converse town median would spend about 16.8% 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 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.5% of residents and 78.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Converse town, IN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Converse town is a very small community in Indiana, with 912 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #376 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 61% of them. The median age here is 36.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Converse town earn a median of $54,167 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 20.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Converse town is valued at $101,700, 66.5% below the national figure and 30% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $758 a month, 46.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,096 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.8% 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 1.9×, 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. 78.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 912 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Converse town against its county rather than against national figures.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Indiana.
- Waverly CDP 1,006
- Lynnville town 1,011
- St. Leon town 1,012
- Utica town 1,017
- St. Paul town 1,019
- English town 1,025
- Shirley town 1,026
- Topeka town 1,037
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Converse town?
- Converse town has 912 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #376 of 976 in Indiana.
- What is the median household income in Converse town?
- Median household income in Converse town is $54,167 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Converse town?
- Median gross rent is $758 a month and the median home value is $101,700, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.
- Is Converse town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Converse town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Converse town 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.