Indiana · Census place 69894
Sims, IN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Sims, Indiana (Sims, IN — Census place “Sims CDP”) is 117 residents, ranking #831 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is —, the median home is worth $108,300 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Sims Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sims, IN: 46986.
- Population
- 117Sims CDP residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $108,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 60.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 100%Owner-occupied households
Sims ZIP codes (Indiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sims.
The Sims 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 Sims CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
Poverty affects 12% of residents and 100% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Sims CDP, IN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Sims CDP is a very small community in Indiana, with 117 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #831 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 14% of them. The median age here is 60.6 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 Sims CDP earn a median of not published a year. 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 12% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Sims CDP is valued at $108,300, 64.3% below the national figure and 26% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 100% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
A median age of 60.6 puts Sims CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages. With 117 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Sims CDP against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld household income, gross rent for Sims CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Indiana.
- Indianapolis city (balance) 882,043
- Fort Wayne city 266,235
- Evansville city 116,441
- South Bend city 102,866
- Fishers city 100,918
- Carmel city 100,501
- Bloomington city 78,791
- Hammond city 77,098
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Sims CDP?
- Sims CDP has 117 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #831 of 976 in Indiana.
- What is the median household income in Sims CDP?
- Median household income in Sims CDP is not published a year.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sims CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $108,300.
- Is Sims CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Sims CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Sims CDP 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.