What is the population of Kokomo city?

Kokomo city has 59,375 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #14 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Kokomo city?

Median household income in Kokomo city is $54,195 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $917 a month and the median home value is $126,500, so rent absorbs about 20.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kokomo city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kokomo, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kokomo, Indiana (Kokomo, IN — Census place “Kokomo city”) is 59,375 residents, ranking #14 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $54,195, the median home is worth $126,500 and median gross rent runs $917 a month. Looking for the Kokomo Indiana ZIP code list? 3 ZIP codes serve Kokomo, IN: 46901, 46902, 46965.

Population: 59,375Kokomo city residents
Median household income: $54,195Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $126,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $917Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65%Owner-occupied households

Kokomo ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kokomo.

The Kokomo IN ZIP code list below covers 3 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Kokomo city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kokomo city median would spend about 20.3% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.4% of residents and 65% of households own their home.

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

Kokomo city, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kokomo city is a small city in Indiana, with 59,375 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #14 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 39.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Kokomo city earn a median of $54,195 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% 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 15.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kokomo city is valued at $126,500, 58.3% below the national figure and 13% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $917 a month, 34.8% below the national figure, or roughly $11,004 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.3% 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 2.3×, 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. 65% 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 Kokomo city?: Kokomo city has 59,375 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #14 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Kokomo city?: Median household income in Kokomo city is $54,195 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kokomo city?: Median gross rent is $917 a month and the median home value is $126,500, so rent absorbs about 20.3% of median household income.
Is Kokomo city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kokomo city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kokomo city 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.