What is the population of Dale town?

Dale town has 1,569 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #276 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Dale town?

Median household income in Dale town is $58,508 a year, 25.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dale town?

Median gross rent is $800 a month and the median home value is $119,200, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.

Is Dale town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dale town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dale, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dale, Indiana (Dale, IN — Census place “Dale town”) is 1,569 residents, ranking #276 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $58,508, the median home is worth $119,200 and median gross rent runs $800 a month. Looking for the Dale Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dale, IN: 47523.

Population: 1,569Dale town residents
Median household income: $58,508Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $119,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $800Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.9%Owner-occupied households

Dale ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dale.

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

47523

What the numbers mean in Dale town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dale town median would spend about 16.4% 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 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4% of residents and 70.9% of households own their home.

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

Dale town, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dale town is a small town in Indiana, with 1,569 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #276 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 71% of them. The median age here is 34.5 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 Dale town earn a median of $58,508 a year, 25.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 5% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dale town is valued at $119,200, 60.7% below the national figure and 18% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $800 a month, 43.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,600 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.4% 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 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. 70.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Dale town?: Dale town has 1,569 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #276 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Dale town?: Median household income in Dale town is $58,508 a year, 25.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dale town?: Median gross rent is $800 a month and the median home value is $119,200, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.
Is Dale town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dale town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dale 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.