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Place dossier plate
SheetIN-JASPER-IN · Jasper, IN 16,421 pop · income 43rd pct · 9 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Jasper
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Jasper on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Crawfordsville · lowest
49,327
Crawfordsville · lowest
49,327 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #1
Walnut · near
65,278
Walnut · near
65,278 median HH income
27.5% of the leader · rank #2
Hillsboro · near
65,278
Hillsboro · near
65,278 median HH income
27.5% of the leader · rank #3
Orchard City · near
65,282
Orchard City · near
65,282 median HH income
27.5% of the leader · rank #4
Jasper · this city
65,283
Jasper · this city
65,283 median HH income
27.5% of the leader · rank #5
Chevy Chase H… · near
65,288
Chevy Chase H… · near
65,288 median HH income
27.5% of the leader · rank #6
Rye · highest
237,727
Rye · highest
237,727 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Jasper on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 16,421.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Jasper - the verdict
Nationally, Jasper sits in the 43rd percentile for household income and the 75th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
43rd
percentile, household income
44th
percentile, home value
27th
percentile, median rent
75th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Jasper, IN
Jasper is a small town in Indiana, home to 16,421 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Jasper brings in $65,283 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.8%. Home values in Jasper run a median of $203,300, and the median resident age is 37.7 years. About 28.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 63.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 158 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 136% from five years earlier. Jasper reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 725.9 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Indiana run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Indiana at 93.3 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,096 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Indiana run around $235, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 13.5 minutes, with 81.9% driving alone and 7.1% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 45.5 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Jasper's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to within-city variation to reported crime to housing and income to schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Jasper, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
Is Jasper growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +560 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 158 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Jasper?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 725.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 68% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Which cities make useful reference points for Jasper?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Indiana, the closest population matches are Crawfordsville (16,408 residents, $49,327 income); Dyer (16,400 residents, $101,183 income); Warsaw (16,592 residents, $57,170 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ukiah, CA (16,419 residents); Country Club Hills, IL (16,419 residents); Three Lakes, FL (16,426 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Jasper?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.1×
Home value
$203,300
Household income
$65,283
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 28.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
4.8%
Bachelor's degree+
28.7%
Matched public schools
3
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What does the journey to work look like in Jasper?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 13.5 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
81.9%
Work from home
7.1%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 7,960 workers age 16+.
Below median income · poverty 4.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
93.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Indiana average
C+
City profile score · Jasper, IN
60/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B
93.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate B-
4.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B-
119 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C
28.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$65,283
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Jasper profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 72/100 (B) · 93.3 index
Poverty rate: 67/100 (B-) · 4.8%
Violent crime: 66/100 (B-) · 119 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 56/100 (C) · 28.7%
Household income: 42/100 (D) · $65,283
Where Jasper sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Jasper's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Jasper highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Jasper, IN (this city): home $203,300, crime 726/100k
Ukiah, CA : home $448,100, crime 1,923/100k
Country Club Hills, IL : home $180,600, crime 2,876/100k
Rye, NY : home $1,785,400, crime 267/100k
Port Orchard, WA : home $492,000, crime 3,286/100k
Crawfordsville, IN : home $134,100, crime 828/100k
Dyer, IN : home $288,700, crime 356/100k
Warsaw, IN : home $175,300, crime 2,174/100k
Griffith, IN : home $200,400, crime 1,117/100k
Vincennes, IN : home $98,700, crime 2,631/100k
Huntington, IN : home $104,300, crime 395/100k
How does Jasper compare to other US cities?
Here's how Jasper stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income43% higher than other cities
Home value44% pricier than other cities
Median rent27% pricier than other cities
Safety75% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Indiana, Jasper ranks #34 of 110 Indiana cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Jasper against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Indiana only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Indiana-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Jasper near the bottom of Indiana's cities
Among the 850 Indiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Jasper ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Jasper only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#327 of 766
57th percentile in Indiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 850
0th percentile in Indiana
Median Home Value
#167 of 771
78th percentile in Indiana
Poverty Rate
#499 of 849
40th percentile in Indiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#157 of 850
81st percentile in Indiana
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Indiana only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
43rd percentile nationally for median household income · 75th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Jasper's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Jasper's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Jasper's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$203,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 56% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Jasper's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,247 of 15,516
More affordable than 53% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,063 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.1×, Jasper sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,247 of 15,516 and #1,063 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$65,283Jasper, IN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Jasper, IN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Jasper, IN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)28.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
16,421
Median Income
$65,283
Median Home Value
$203,300
Median Age
37.7
Poverty Rate
4.8%
Labor force participation
63.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
28.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
725.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
119.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
606.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Jasper's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
16,719 residents
2021
16,664 residents
2022
16,712 residents
2023
16,856 residents
2024
17,056 residents
2025
17,279 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
158
housing units authorized
Single-Family
136
detached homes
Multifamily
22
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
67
33
34
$13.2M
2020
36
28
8
$11.8M
2021
74
30
44
$17.6M
2022
66
40
26
$18.4M
2023
127
59
68
$25.9M
2024
158
136
22
$18.2M
Permit volume increased 136% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
13.5 minutes
Drive Alone
81.9%
Carpool
8.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.0%
Work from Home
7.1%
Other
1.2%
Based on 7,960 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Indiana statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Indiana at $235 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Indiana statewide averages, not a meter reading for Jasper. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Indiana's BEA cost-of-living index is 93.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Jasper is $1,096/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Indiana statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 45.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Indiana statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Jasper sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Jasper compares to similar-size Indiana cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.