Indiana · Census place 75248
Tell City, IN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Tell City, Indiana (Tell City, IN — Census place “Tell City city”) is 7,490 residents, ranking #97 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $50,702, the median home is worth $121,200 and median gross rent runs $646 a month. Looking for the Tell City Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Tell City, IN: 47586.
- Population
- 7,490Tell City city residents
- Median household income
- $50,702Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $121,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $646Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.7%Owner-occupied households
Tell City ZIP codes (Indiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Tell City.
The Tell City 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 Tell City city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Tell City city median would spend about 15.3% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.3% of residents and 63.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Tell City city, IN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Tell City city is a mid-size town in Indiana, with 7,490 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #97 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 38.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Tell City city earn a median of $50,702 a year, 35.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 18% 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 19.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Tell City city is valued at $121,200, 60.1% below the national figure and 17% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $646 a month, 54.1% below the national figure, or roughly $7,752 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.3% 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. 63.7% 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.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Tell City city?
- Tell City city has 7,490 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #97 of 976 in Indiana.
- What is the median household income in Tell City city?
- Median household income in Tell City city is $50,702 a year, 35.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tell City city?
- Median gross rent is $646 a month and the median home value is $121,200, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.
- Is Tell City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tell City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Tell City 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.