What is the population of Markle town?

Markle town has 1,154 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #328 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Markle town?

Median household income in Markle town is $54,000 a year, 31.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $750 a month and the median home value is $131,500, so rent absorbs about 16.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Markle town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Markle, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Markle, Indiana (Markle, IN — Census place “Markle town”) is 1,154 residents, ranking #328 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $54,000, the median home is worth $131,500 and median gross rent runs $750 a month. Looking for the Markle Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Markle, IN: 46770.

Population: 1,154Markle town residents
Median household income: $54,000Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $131,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $750Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.9%Owner-occupied households

Markle ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Markle.

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

46770

What the numbers mean in Markle town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Markle town median would spend about 16.7% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.9% of residents and 69.9% of households own their home.

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

Markle town, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Markle town is a small town in Indiana, with 1,154 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #328 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 66% of them. The median age here is 45.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Markle town earn a median of $54,000 a year, 31.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% 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 14.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Markle town is valued at $131,500, 56.7% below the national figure and 10% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $750 a month, 46.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,000 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.7% 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 2.4×, 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. 69.9% 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.

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 Markle town?: Markle town has 1,154 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #328 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Markle town?: Median household income in Markle town is $54,000 a year, 31.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Markle town?: Median gross rent is $750 a month and the median home value is $131,500, so rent absorbs about 16.7% of median household income.
Is Markle town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Markle town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Markle 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.