
Indiana · Census place 30042
Griffith, IN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Griffith, Indiana (Griffith, IN — Census place “Griffith town”) is 16,228 residents, ranking #59 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $76,009, the median home is worth $200,400 and median gross rent runs $1,154 a month. Looking for the Griffith Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Griffith, IN: 46319.
- Population
- 16,228Griffith town residents
- Median household income
- $76,009Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $200,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,154Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.4%Owner-occupied households
Griffith ZIP codes (Indiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Griffith.
The Griffith 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 Griffith town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Griffith town median would spend about 18.2% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.1% of residents and 72.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Griffith town, IN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Griffith town is a mid-size town in Indiana, with 16,228 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #59 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 38.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Griffith town earn a median of $76,009 a year, 3.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% above 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 7.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Griffith town is valued at $200,400, 33.9% below the national figure and 38% above the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,154 a month, 17.9% below the national figure, or roughly $13,848 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.2% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.4% 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.
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.
- Frankfort city 15,536
- Dyer town 16,400
- New Haven city 15,339
- Crawfordsville city 16,408
- Beech Grove city 15,082
- Jasper city 16,421
- Cedar Lake town 14,686
- Warsaw city 16,592
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Griffith town?
- Griffith town has 16,228 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 976 in Indiana.
- What is the median household income in Griffith town?
- Median household income in Griffith town is $76,009 a year, 3.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Griffith town?
- Median gross rent is $1,154 a month and the median home value is $200,400, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.
- Is Griffith town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Griffith town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Griffith town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.