Housing data for Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), IN

Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), IN has an estimated 3,790 residents and 1,459 homes (US Census Bureau, 2020–2024 American Community Survey).

It is a township in Bartholomew County.

21.6% of households rent.

The median gross rent is $955 a month.

Its population shrank measurably since 2015–2019 (−7.1%).

Figures last updated on .

Residents
3,790 (±20)
Housing units
1,459 (±173)
Households that rent
21.6%
Median gross rent
$955
Residents since 2015–2019
−7.1%

What stands out in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County)

Renters paying 30% or more of income: 79.8% (±32.3 points) in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), higher than in Bartholomew County (42.6%).

Homes in buildings of 5 or more units: 4.3% (±7.5 points) in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), lower than in Bartholomew County (14.0%).

Households that moved in since 2020: 14.4% (±8.6 points) in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), lower than in Bartholomew County (25.2%).

Median real estate taxes: $1,432 (±$298) in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), lower than in Bartholomew County ($1,738).

Housing in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) at a glance

  • Median rent: $955 median gross rent a month
  • Rent by bedrooms: $1,097 median gross rent, 2 bedrooms
  • Rent burden: 79.8% of renters pay 30% or more of income
  • Renters and owners: 21.6% of households rent (Small sample: wide margin of error)
  • Income and affordability: $71,086 median household income
  • Home values: $198,500 median home value
  • Homeowner costs: $1,161 median monthly cost with a mortgage
  • Property taxes: $1,432 median real estate taxes a year
  • Types of homes: 4.3% of homes are in buildings of 5 or more units
  • Bedrooms: 80.5% of homes have 3 or more bedrooms
  • Age of homes: 46.1% of homes were built before 1980
  • Vacancy rate: 0.0% rental vacancy rate (Small sample: wide margin of error)
  • Heating fuel: 52.1% heat with utility gas
  • Commute and cars: 22.9 minutes average trip to work
  • Growth: −7.1% residents since 2015–2019
  • How long people stay: 14.4% moved in since 2020 (Small sample: wide margin of error)
  • Crowding and facilities: 1.0% of homes have more than 1 person per room

Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) against Bartholomew County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Wayne Township (Bartholomew County)Bartholomew CountyIndianaUnited States
Residents3,790 (±20)83,536 (exact)6,851,073 (exact)334,922,499
Housing units1,459 (±173)35,668 (±72)2,976,568 (±617)143,775,355
Households that rent21.6% (±12.4 points)30.7% (±1.7 points)29.4% (±0.3 points)34.8%
Median gross rent$955 (±$313)$1,127 (±$39)$1,062 (±$5)$1,413
Median household income$71,086 (±$12,345)$79,901 (±$3,751)$71,957 (±$352)$80,734
Median home value$198,500 (±$16,845)$232,800 (±$5,792)$218,200 (±$739)$332,700
Median real estate taxes (a year)$1,432 (±$298)$1,738 (±$62)$1,614 (±$9)$3,119
Built before 198046.1% (±13.2 points)52.2% (±3.0 points)55.0% (±0.3 points)49.7%
Average commute22.9 minutes (±3.9)21.5 minutes (±1.0)24.1 minutes (±0.1)26.4 minutes
Households with broadband77.9% (±11.0 points)92.9% (±1.0 points)89.9% (±0.2 points)91.0%
Median age of residents36.5 years (±9.8)37.5 years (±0.5)38.1 years (±0.2)38.9 years

Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) covers 48.9 square miles of land, about 77 residents per square mile (Census Bureau Gazetteer).

How Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Residents4,080 (±24)3,790 (±20)−7.1%Measurable decrease
Housing units1,605 (±187)1,459 (±173)−9.1%Not a measurable change
Median gross rent$775 (±$432)$955 (±$313)+23.2%No measurable change after inflation
Median home value$145,300 (±$21,295)$198,500 (±$16,845)+36.6%No measurable change after inflation
Median household income$69,423 (±$15,661)$71,086 (±$12,345)+2.4%No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage$1,167 (±$127)$1,161 (±$75)−0.5%Down after inflation
Median real estate taxes$1,149 (±$110)$1,432 (±$298)+24.6%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent17.2% (±7.4 points)21.6% (±12.4 points)+4.4 percentage pointsNot a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate0.0% (±12.3 points)0.0% (±11.7 points)0.0 percentage pointsNot a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Crime reported to police in Bartholomew County

Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) has no police department of its own in the FBI’s figures, so this is the figure for Bartholomew County as a whole.

In 2025, the police departments that report for Bartholomew County recorded 78 violent and 921 property crimes per 100,000 residents.

A county-wide figure describes the whole county, not this place; crime varies from one community to the next.

ZIP codes in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County)

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas that cover this place (2020–2024 estimates)
ZIP codeShare of the ZIP’s land in this placeResidentsMedian gross rentMedian home valueMedian household income
47247100%129—$123,400$55,179
4720124%47,900$1,186$228,800$83,958

A ZIP code is a mail route rather than a boundary, so the Census Bureau publishes figures for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas built from census blocks; the share column says how much of each one’s land lies in this place.

Places near Wayne Township (Bartholomew County)

Nearest places with Census figures, by straight-line distance
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentMedian home valueHouseholds that rent
Jonesville3.2 mi—$123,4009.0%
Sand Creek Township (Bartholomew County)4.7 mi$933$232,3008.8%
Ohio Township (Bartholomew County)6.0 mi—$341,6004.5%
Elizabethtown6.5 mi$875$153,00035.5%
Jackson Township (Bartholomew County)6.5 mi—$299,1000.0%
Redding Township6.6 mi$1,091$219,20030.2%
Columbus Township7.6 mi$1,148$238,50038.9%
Columbus7.7 mi$1,157$244,20039.2%

Places in Indiana most like Wayne Township (Bartholomew County)

PlaceMedian gross rentMedian home valueMedian household incomeHouseholds that rent
Rossville$1,020$186,800$71,47324.3%
Montgomery Township (Gibson County)$942$192,000$68,00019.1%
Jefferson Township (Grant County)$905$192,200$70,69419.2%
Union Township (Whitley County)$1,083$214,600$78,12520.3%
Ross Township (Clinton County)$977$200,800$85,85718.4%
Harrison Township (Kosciusko County)$1,048$166,700$74,90420.1%

Matched on rent, home value, income, the share who rent, the age of the homes, the share in apartment buildings and the commute, each measured against the spread across Indiana.

HUD Fair Market Rent for Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), fiscal year 2027

Columbus, IN MSA, dollars a month
Studio1 bedroom2 bedrooms3 bedrooms4 bedrooms
$1,261$1,276$1,493$1,779$2,126

HUD income limits for Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), fiscal year 2026

Columbus, IN MSA, annual household income
Household sizeExtremely low (30%)Very low (50%)Low (80%)
1 person$20,450$34,050$54,400
2 people$23,350$38,900$62,200
3 people$27,320$43,700$69,950
4 people$33,000$48,550$77,700
5 people$38,680$52,450$83,950
6 people$44,360$56,350$90,150
7 people$50,040$60,250$96,350
8 people$55,720$64,150$102,600

These are the limits HUD sets for its housing programs in the Columbus, IN MSA, where HUD’s median family income for fiscal year 2026 is $94,200.

A program can use its own limits; tax-credit and local programs often do.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Wayne Township (Bartholomew County)

What is the average rent in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), IN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) is $955 (±$313) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much is a two-bedroom apartment in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County)?

The median gross rent for a two-bedroom home in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), IN is $1,097 (±$147) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Are renters in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) rent-burdened?

79.8% of renting households in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) pay 30% or more of their income in gross rent, the share housing researchers usually call rent-burdened (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What is the median household income in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County)?

The median household income in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) is $71,086 (±$12,345) a year (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What is the average home value in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), IN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $198,500 (±$16,845) for owner-occupied homes in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What is the average mortgage payment in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County)?

The Census Bureau publishes total owner costs rather than the mortgage alone: the median for owners with a mortgage in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), IN is $1,161 (±$75) a month, including taxes, insurance and utilities.

Is Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) growing?

In Wayne Township (Bartholomew County), the number of residents went from 4,080 in 2015–2019 to 3,790 in 2020–2024 (−7.1%), a measurable decrease.

What ZIP codes are in Wayne Township (Bartholomew County)?

The ZIP codes that cover Wayne Township (Bartholomew County) are 47247, 47201.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Wayne township, Bartholomew County, Indiana (county subdivision:81656, in state:18 county:005).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B01003_001E, B01003_001M, B25064_001E, B25064_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP05_0001E, DP05_0001M, DP04_0001E, DP04_0001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP03_0062E, DP03_0062M, DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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