What is the population of Pierceton town?

Pierceton town has 1,349 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #293 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Pierceton town?

Median household income in Pierceton town is $66,597 a year, 15.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $786 a month and the median home value is $110,700, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pierceton town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Pierceton, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Pierceton, Indiana (Pierceton, IN — Census place “Pierceton town”) is 1,349 residents, ranking #293 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $66,597, the median home is worth $110,700 and median gross rent runs $786 a month. Looking for the Pierceton Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Pierceton, IN: 46562.

Population: 1,349Pierceton town residents
Median household income: $66,597Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $110,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $786Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.5%Owner-occupied households

Pierceton ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pierceton.

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

46562

What the numbers mean in Pierceton town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Pierceton town median would spend about 14.2% 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 1.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.2% of residents and 70.5% of households own their home.

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

Pierceton town, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Pierceton town is a small town in Indiana, with 1,349 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #293 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 34.6 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 Pierceton town earn a median of $66,597 a year, 15.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% 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 14.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Pierceton town is valued at $110,700, 63.5% below the national figure and 24% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $786 a month, 44.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,432 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.2% 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 1.7×, 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. 70.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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 Pierceton town?: Pierceton town has 1,349 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #293 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Pierceton town?: Median household income in Pierceton town is $66,597 a year, 15.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pierceton town?: Median gross rent is $786 a month and the median home value is $110,700, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.
Is Pierceton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pierceton town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Pierceton 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.