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Place dossier plate
SheetIN-PUTNAMVILLE-IN · Putnamville, IN 2,126 pop · income 94th pct
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 Putnamville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Putnamville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Los Llanos co… · lowest
16,905
Los Llanos co… · lowest
16,905 median HH income
9.4% of the leader · rank #1
Timberwood Pa… · near
147,471
Timberwood Pa… · near
147,471 median HH income
82.1% of the leader · rank #2
Watson · near
147,500
Watson · near
147,500 median HH income
82.1% of the leader · rank #3
Putnamville · this city
147,527
Putnamville · this city
147,527 median HH income
82.1% of the leader · rank #4
Maple Valley · near
147,546
Maple Valley · near
147,546 median HH income
82.1% of the leader · rank #5
Cherry Creek · near
147,618
Cherry Creek · near
147,618 median HH income
82.2% of the leader · rank #6
Sullivan's Is… · highest
179,614
Sullivan's Is… · highest
179,614 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Putnamville on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 2,126.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Putnamville places in the 94th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
94th
percentile, household income
27th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Putnamville, IN
2,126 people live in Putnamville, Indiana - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $147,527 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 37.8 years. Educational attainment runs 4.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 8.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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 13.0 minutes, with 99.4% driving alone and 0.6% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 45.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Putnamville'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Putnamville, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Putnamville?
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.
Within Indiana, the closest population matches are Petersburg (2,141 residents, $48,924 income); New Carlisle (2,110 residents, $65,625 income); Edgewood (2,101 residents, $85,842 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Cherryvale, KS (2,125 residents); Southmont, PA (2,127 residents); Sullivan's Island, SC (2,127 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Putnamville?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 99.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 13.0 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
93.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Indiana average
B
City profile score · Putnamville, IN
73/100
4 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.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income A+
$147,527
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
4.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Putnamville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 95/100 (A+) · $147,527
Cost of living: 72/100 (B) · 93.3 index
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 4.4%
How does Putnamville compare to other US cities?
Putnamville measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income94% higher than other cities
Median rent27% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Putnamville 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 Putnamville near the bottom of Indiana's cities
Among the 850 Indiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Putnamville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Putnamville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#16 of 766
98th percentile in Indiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 850
0th percentile in Indiana
Poverty Rate
#638 of 849
0th percentile in Indiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#736 of 850
13th 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
94th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$147,527Putnamville, IN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Putnamville, 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 Putnamville, IN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)4.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)8.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,126
Median Income
$147,527
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
37.8
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
8.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
13.0 minutes
Drive Alone
99.4%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.6%
Based on 171 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 Putnamville. 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 Putnamville 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 Putnamville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Putnamville 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, 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.