What is the population of Dillsboro town?

Dillsboro town has 1,809 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #247 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Dillsboro town?

Median household income in Dillsboro town is $46,591 a year, 40.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $940 a month and the median home value is $137,700, so rent absorbs about 24.2% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dillsboro town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dillsboro, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dillsboro, Indiana (Dillsboro, IN — Census place “Dillsboro town”) is 1,809 residents, ranking #247 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $46,591, the median home is worth $137,700 and median gross rent runs $940 a month. Looking for the Dillsboro Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dillsboro, IN: 47018.

Population: 1,809Dillsboro town residents
Median household income: $46,591Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $137,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $940Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.3%Owner-occupied households

Dillsboro ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dillsboro.

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

47018

What the numbers mean in Dillsboro town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dillsboro town median would spend about 24.2% 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.5% of residents and 60.3% of households own their home.

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

Dillsboro town, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dillsboro town is a small town in Indiana, with 1,809 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #247 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 38.8 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 Dillsboro town earn a median of $46,591 a year, 40.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 19.5% 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 Dillsboro town is valued at $137,700, 54.6% below the national figure and 5% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $940 a month, 33.1% below the national figure, or roughly $11,280 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 60.3% 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.

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 Dillsboro town?: Dillsboro town has 1,809 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #247 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Dillsboro town?: Median household income in Dillsboro town is $46,591 a year, 40.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dillsboro town?: Median gross rent is $940 a month and the median home value is $137,700, so rent absorbs about 24.2% of median household income.
Is Dillsboro town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dillsboro town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dillsboro 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.