City safety & data profile

MartinsvilleIN

Martinsville, IN is a 12K-resident city in Morgan County with a median household income of $60,177.

Morgan County, Indiana. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Martinsville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Martinsville has a population larger than 11% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $163,400.

Data updated 2026-09-03

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 12%
By size
$60,177
Median income (place)
$163,400
Median home (place)
12.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Martinsville

Martinsville posts a median household income higher than 22% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 23%
by median income, US cities

Where Martinsville income ranks nationally

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

$60,177 Bottom 22% higher than 22% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Martinsville $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 Martinsville, IN beyond the headline numbers

Martinsville sits inside Morgan County, Indiana, at roughly 39.43°N, -86.43°W. Population 11,690, $60,177 median household income. Median home value $163,400, median rent $983. Poverty rate 12.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Martinsville, IN stands at 12.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Martinsville runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 11.3% of Martinsville workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 17.8% in Martinsville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Martinsville 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 Martinsville 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)
11,690
Martinsville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$60,177
-33% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$163,400
-60% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Morgan County): Martinsville'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
73K+5%
Median Income
$79,429+43%
Median Home Value
$237,600+68%
Poverty Rate
9.3%-19%
Unemployment
4.2%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Martinsville, IN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$983/mo
Poverty Rate
12.9% +4% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 12.6%
Work From Home 11.3%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 94.9%
African American 0.4%
Asian 0.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
38.7%
Obesity
38.4%
Short Sleep Duration
35%
Physical Inactivity
26.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Current Smoking
17.8%
Binge Drinking
16%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.2%
Diabetes
13.6%
Current Asthma
11.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.4%
Annual Checkup 78.2%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.4%
Stroke
3.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Martinsville?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet IN-MARTINSVILLE-IN · Martinsville

Martinsville: 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 Martinsville; 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 Martinsville, IN?
Martinsville, IN has a population of 11,690 people, located in Morgan County, Indiana.
What is the median household income in Martinsville?
The median household income in Martinsville, IN is $60,177 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.9%.
What is the median home value in Martinsville?
The median home value in Martinsville, IN is $163,400. Median rent is $983/month.
What are the top health concerns in Martinsville?
The top health indicators in Martinsville include High Blood Pressure (38.7%), Obesity (38.4%), Short Sleep Duration (35%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Martinsville?
The median age in Martinsville, IN is 38.2 years. 12.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IN (12.9% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IN ($60,177 here).

Compare Martinsville 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.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Martinsville'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 Martinsville 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 Martinsville 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 (Morgan 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.