City safety & data profile

IndianaPA

Indiana, PA is a 14K-resident city in Indiana County with a median household income of $40,857.

Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Indiana, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Indiana has a population larger than 23% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $135,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 24%
By size
$40,857
Median income (place)
$135,600
Median home (place)
21.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Indiana

Indiana posts a median household income higher than 2% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Indiana area.

Bottom 3%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Indiana

Where Indiana income ranks nationally

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

$40,857 Bottom 2% higher than 2% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Indiana $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 PA

Population among 88 PA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Philadelphia is the largest PA city on this list; Franklin Park leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in PA

Median household income among the same 88-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Franklin Park posts the highest place-level median income in PA; Philadelphia is largest by headcount.

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

The quick read

Reading Indiana, PA beyond the headline numbers

Indiana sits inside Indiana County, Pennsylvania, at roughly 40.62°N, -79.15°W. Population 14,100, $40,857 median household income. Median home value $135,600, median rent $849. Poverty rate 21.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Indiana, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

21.7% of Indiana, PA 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.

The median home in Indiana costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

15.7% of Indiana workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Indiana workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Indiana's median age is 23.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Indiana 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)
14,100
Indiana · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$40,857
-54% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$135,600
-67% vs avg
Median Age (place)
23.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Indiana County): Indiana'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
83K-6%
Median Income
$60,208+37%
Median Home Value
$152,800+48%
Poverty Rate
14%-21%
Unemployment
6.7%-22%

Economics

Economics indicators for Indiana, PA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$849/mo
Poverty Rate
21.7% +75% vs avg
Unemployment 9.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 48.9%
Work From Home 15.7%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 87.9%
African American 6%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.5%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
INDIANA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
INDIANA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Indiana?

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

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Sheet PA-INDIANA · Indiana

Indiana: 478 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 478 on record
  • WX-LED 97% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA · EPA
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Indiana

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 478 tagged notices on record for Indiana.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ442)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (478 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Indiana, PA? ▼
Indiana, PA has a population of 14,100 people, located in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Indiana? ▼
The median household income in Indiana, PA is $40,857 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 21.7%.
What is the median home value in Indiana? ▼
The median home value in Indiana, PA is $135,600. Median rent is $849/month.
What are the top health concerns in Indiana? ▼
The top health indicators in Indiana include Short Sleep Duration (38.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Indiana? ▼
Indiana has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Indiana? ▼
The median age in Indiana, PA is 23.4 years. 48.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside PA (21.7% here).

Clovis, NM 21.7% Lauderdale Lakes, FL 21.7% Petersburg, VA 21.7% Dolton, IL 21.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside PA ($40,857 here).

Cleveland, OH $40,801 Brownsville, FL $40,795 New Kingman-Butler, AZ $40,949 Oxford, OH $40,764

Compare Indiana with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Johnstown, PA 20K Greensburg, PA 14K Natrona Heights, PA 11K Murrysville, PA 20K Lower Burrell, PA 12K Plum, PA 28K New Kensington, PA 13K Monroeville, PA 28K
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Using Indiana'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 Indiana 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 Indiana against Pennsylvania peers on any ranking lens. Explore Pennsylvania

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 (Indiana 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.