What is the population of Wabash city?

Wabash city has 10,378 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #82 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Wabash city?

Median household income in Wabash city is $54,199 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $677 a month and the median home value is $115,000, so rent absorbs about 15% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wabash city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wabash, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wabash, Indiana (Wabash, IN — Census place “Wabash city”) is 10,378 residents, ranking #82 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $54,199, the median home is worth $115,000 and median gross rent runs $677 a month. Looking for the Wabash Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wabash, IN: 46992.

Population: 10,378Wabash city residents
Median household income: $54,199Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $115,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $677Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.9%Owner-occupied households

Wabash ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wabash.

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

46992

What the numbers mean in Wabash city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wabash city median would spend about 15% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.5% of residents and 70.9% of households own their home.

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

Wabash city, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wabash city is a mid-size town in Indiana, with 10,378 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #82 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 42.2 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 Wabash city earn a median of $54,199 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% 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 12.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wabash city is valued at $115,000, 62.1% below the national figure and 21% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $677 a month, 51.8% below the national figure, or roughly $8,124 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15% 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 2.1×, 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. 70.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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

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What is the population of Wabash city?: Wabash city has 10,378 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #82 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Wabash city?: Median household income in Wabash city is $54,199 a year, 31% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wabash city?: Median gross rent is $677 a month and the median home value is $115,000, so rent absorbs about 15% of median household income.
Is Wabash city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wabash city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wabash 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.