What is the population of Tipton city?

Tipton city has 5,255 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #126 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Tipton city?

Median household income in Tipton city is $64,709 a year, 17.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tipton city?

Median gross rent is $853 a month and the median home value is $148,800, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.

Is Tipton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tipton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Tipton, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Tipton, Indiana (Tipton, IN — Census place “Tipton city”) is 5,255 residents, ranking #126 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $64,709, the median home is worth $148,800 and median gross rent runs $853 a month. Looking for the Tipton Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Tipton, IN: 46072.

Population: 5,255Tipton city residents
Median household income: $64,709Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $148,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $853Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.8%Owner-occupied households

Tipton ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Tipton.

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

46072

What the numbers mean in Tipton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Tipton city median would spend about 15.8% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.1% of residents and 67.8% of households own their home.

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

Tipton city, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Tipton city is a mid-size town in Indiana, with 5,255 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #126 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 40.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Tipton city earn a median of $64,709 a year, 17.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 5% 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 18.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Tipton city is valued at $148,800, 51% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $853 a month, 39.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,236 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.8% 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 2.3×, 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. 67.8% 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 Tipton city?: Tipton city has 5,255 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #126 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Tipton city?: Median household income in Tipton city is $64,709 a year, 17.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tipton city?: Median gross rent is $853 a month and the median home value is $148,800, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.
Is Tipton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tipton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Tipton 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.