What is the population of Munster town?

Munster town has 23,733 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #43 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Munster town?

Median household income in Munster town is $105,764 a year, 34.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,480 a month and the median home value is $312,000, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Munster town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Munster, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Munster, Indiana (Munster, IN — Census place “Munster town”) is 23,733 residents, ranking #43 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $105,764, the median home is worth $312,000 and median gross rent runs $1,480 a month. Looking for the Munster Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Munster, IN: 46321.

Population: 23,733Munster town residents
Median household income: $105,764Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $312,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,480Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 86.1%Owner-occupied households

Munster ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Munster.

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

46321

What the numbers mean in Munster town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Munster town median would spend about 16.8% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.3% of residents and 86.1% of households own their home.

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

Munster town, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Munster town is a mid-size town in Indiana, with 23,733 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #43 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 45.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Munster town earn a median of $105,764 a year, 34.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 72% above 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 7.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Munster town is valued at $312,000, 2.8% above the national figure and 114% above the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,480 a month, 5.3% above the national figure, or roughly $17,760 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.8% 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 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 86.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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 Munster town?: Munster town has 23,733 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #43 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Munster town?: Median household income in Munster town is $105,764 a year, 34.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Munster town?: Median gross rent is $1,480 a month and the median home value is $312,000, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.
Is Munster town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Munster town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Munster 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.