City safety & data profile

ConnersvilleIN

Connersville, IN is a 13K-resident city in Fayette County with a median household income of $48,854.

Fayette County, Indiana. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Connersville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Connersville has a population larger than 18% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $106,300.

Data updated 2026-09-04

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 19%
By size
$48,854
Median income (place)
$106,300
Median home (place)
23.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Connersville

Connersville posts a median household income higher than 8% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 9%
by median income, US cities

Where Connersville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$48,854 Bottom 8% higher than 8% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Connersville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in IN

Population among 79 IN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Indianapolis is the largest IN city on this list; Zionsville leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in IN

Median household income among the same 79-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Zionsville posts the highest place-level median income in IN; Indianapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Connersville, IN beyond the headline numbers

Connersville sits inside Fayette County, Indiana, at roughly 39.64°N, -85.14°W. Population 13,010, $48,854 median household income. Median home value $106,300, median rent $787. Poverty rate 23.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

23.4% of Connersville, IN residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Connersville runs about 2.2 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 5.9% of Connersville workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 23.5% in Connersville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Connersville workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Connersville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,010
Connersville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$48,854
-45% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$106,300
-74% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Fayette County): Connersville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
23K-3%
Median Income
$59,321+59%
Median Home Value
$130,700+60%
Poverty Rate
17.9%-22%
Unemployment
3.4%-78%

Economics

Economics indicators for Connersville, IN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$787/mo
Poverty Rate
23.4% +89% vs avg
Unemployment 3.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15%
Work From Home 5.9%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 92.6%
African American 1.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
47.1%
High Blood Pressure
44.3%
Short Sleep Duration
34.9%
Physical Inactivity
33.4%
Current Smoking
23.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
18.6%
Diabetes
17%
Binge Drinking
14.2%
Current Asthma
12.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.5%
Annual Checkup 79.7%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
11.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.8%
Stroke
5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Connersville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Connersville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet IN-CONNERSVILLE · Connersville

Connersville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Connersville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Indiana state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Connersville, IN?
Connersville, IN has a population of 13,010 people, located in Fayette County, Indiana.
What is the median household income in Connersville?
The median household income in Connersville, IN is $48,854 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 23.4%.
What is the median home value in Connersville?
The median home value in Connersville, IN is $106,300. Median rent is $787/month.
What are the top health concerns in Connersville?
The top health indicators in Connersville include Obesity (47.1%), High Blood Pressure (44.3%), Short Sleep Duration (34.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Connersville?
The median age in Connersville, IN is 41 years. 15% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Connersville, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IN (23.4% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IN ($48,854 here).

Compare Connersville with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Connersville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Connersville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Connersville against Indiana peers on any ranking lens. Explore Indiana

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Fayette County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.