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SheetIN-VINCENNES-IN · Vincennes, IN 16,676 pop · income 20th pct · 11 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 Vincennes
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Vincennes on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Crawfordsville · lowest
49,327
Crawfordsville · lowest
49,327 median HH income
43.6% of the leader · rank #1
Pontotoc · near
50,230
Pontotoc · near
50,230 median HH income
44.4% of the leader · rank #2
Falconer · near
50,231
Falconer · near
50,231 median HH income
44.4% of the leader · rank #3
South Mount V… · near
50,234
South Mount V… · near
50,234 median HH income
44.4% of the leader · rank #4
Inkerman · near
50,236
Inkerman · near
50,236 median HH income
44.4% of the leader · rank #5
Vincennes · this city
50,238
Vincennes · this city
50,238 median HH income
44.4% of the leader · rank #6
Youngsville · highest
113,164
Youngsville · highest
113,164 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 Vincennes 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: 16,676.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Vincennes - the verdict
Vincennes ranks in the 20th percentile for household income and the 20th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
20th
percentile, household income
9th
percentile, home value
27th
percentile, median rent
20th
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: Vincennes, IN
Vincennes is a small town in Indiana, home to 16,676 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Vincennes households earn a median of $50,238 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 14.2%. Home values in Vincennes run a median of $98,700, and the median resident age is 38.0 years. 16.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 17 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 750% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 2630.8 in FBI UCR data, near the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 55.5°F with 46.8 inches of precipitation per year and 8.5 inches of snowfall.
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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,096 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Indiana run around $235, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Vincennes workers runs 15.0 minutes, with 81.7% driving alone and 2.2% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 45.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Vincennes'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 reported crime to within-city variation to work and mobility to population change to housing and income to schools and households to comparison shortlist to climate and hazard context; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Vincennes, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Vincennes?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2630.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 15% higher 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.
What can 11 Census tracts reveal inside Vincennes?
PlainCities matches 11 Census tracts to this city.
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 does the journey to work look like in Vincennes?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 15.0 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Vincennes?
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 Warsaw (16,592 residents, $57,170 income); Jasper (16,421 residents, $65,283 income); Crawfordsville (16,408 residents, $49,327 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Eloy, AZ (16,671 residents); Muscle Shoals, AL (16,670 residents); Fillmore, CA (16,665 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.
Population change
Is Vincennes growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -383 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 17 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 downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
2020 estimate
16,761
2025 estimate
16,378
Period change
-2.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
How far does income reach against housing in Vincennes?
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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 14.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
2.0×
Home value
$98,700
Household income
$50,238
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the education layer cover for Vincennes?
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 9 public schools within the city match. 16.1% 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
14.2%
Bachelor's degree+
16.1%
Matched public schools
9
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 55.5°F, with 46.8 inches of precipitation and 8.5 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Indiana is 45.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
45.5
Annual precipitation
46.8 in
Mean temperature
55.5°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Indiana average
D
City profile score · Vincennes, IN
41/100
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.
Violent crime B-
121 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate F
14.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
16.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$50,238
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Vincennes profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 72/100 (B) · 93.3 index
Violent crime: 66/100 (B-) · 121 /100k
Poverty rate: 24/100 (F) · 14.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 23/100 (F) · 16.1%
Household income: 21/100 (F) · $50,238
Where Vincennes sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Vincennes'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 - Vincennes highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Vincennes, IN (this city): home $98,700, crime 2,631/100k
Eloy, AZ : home $243,600, crime 1,455/100k
Muscle Shoals, AL : home $198,300, crime 3,166/100k
Fillmore, CA : home $567,500, crime 855/100k
Red Wing, MN : home $224,800, crime 2,355/100k
Warsaw, IN : home $175,300, crime 2,174/100k
Jasper, IN : home $203,300, crime 726/100k
Crawfordsville, IN : home $134,100, crime 828/100k
Dyer, IN : home $288,700, crime 356/100k
Huntington, IN : home $104,300, crime 395/100k
Griffith, IN : home $200,400, crime 1,117/100k
How does Vincennes compare to other US cities?
Here's how Vincennes stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income20% higher than other cities
Home value9% pricier than other cities
Median rent27% pricier than other cities
Safety20% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Indiana alone, Vincennes ranks #94 of 110 Indiana cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Vincennes 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 Vincennes near the bottom of Indiana's cities
Among the 850 Indiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Vincennes ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Vincennes only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#595 of 766
22nd percentile in Indiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 850
0th percentile in Indiana
Median Home Value
#586 of 771
24th percentile in Indiana
Poverty Rate
#179 of 849
79th percentile in Indiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#392 of 850
54th 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
20th percentile nationally for median household income · 20th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Vincennes's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Vincennes'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 Vincennes's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$98,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 91% 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
Vincennes's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#1,517 of 15,516
More affordable than 90% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#60 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.0×, Vincennes sits in the affordable band:
national rank #1,517 of 15,516 and #60 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$50,238Vincennes, IN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Vincennes, 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 Vincennes, IN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
16,676
Median Income
$50,238
Median Home Value
$98,700
Median Age
38.0
Poverty Rate
14.2%
Labor force participation
59.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
16.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2630.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
121.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2509.8
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.
Climate
Avg Temperature
55.5°F
Annual Precipitation
46.8"
Annual Snowfall
8.5"
Schools
Total Schools
9
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Vincennes's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
16,761 residents
2021
16,605 residents
2022
16,520 residents
2023
16,526 residents
2024
16,431 residents
2025
16,378 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
17
housing units authorized
Single-Family
17
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
2
0
2
$0.2M
2020
22
22
0
$5.2M
2021
1
1
0
$0.2M
2022
2
2
0
$0.5M
2023
21
21
0
$6.3M
2024
17
17
0
$5.1M
Permit volume increased 750% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
15.0 minutes
Drive Alone
81.7%
Carpool
8.2%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
5.7%
Work from Home
2.2%
Other
1.6%
Based on 8,137 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 Vincennes. 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 Vincennes 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 Vincennes sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Vincennes 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.