Beech Grove vs Cumberland

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Grove and Cumberland: population, income, housing, and more.

Beech Grove and Cumberland are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beech Grove has the higher population (15,082 vs 6,154 in Cumberland). Cumberland has the higher median household income ($84,167 vs $49,452 in Beech Grove). Cumberland has the higher median home value ($241,200 vs $169,500 in Beech Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Grove	Cumberland
Population	15,082	6,154
Median age	36.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,452	$84,167
Median home value	$169,500	$241,200
Median gross rent	$978	$990
Housing units	6,983	2,680
Homeownership rate	55.3%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Grove	Cumberland
Population	14,990 → 15,082 (+0.6%)	5,718 → 6,154 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$43,802 → $49,452 (+12.9%)	$69,711 → $84,167 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $169,500 (+66.8%)	$156,300 → $241,200 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $978 (+25.4%)	$835 → $990 (+18.6%)

Beech Grove

Population

14,99015,082

Median household income

$43,802$49,452

Median home value

$101,600$169,500

Median gross rent

$780$978

Cumberland

Population

5,7186,154

Median household income

$69,711$84,167

Median home value

$156,300$241,200

Median gross rent

$835$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Grove	Cumberland
Under 5	6.7%	2.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	18.7%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.7%
75 and over	6.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Grove	Cumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	73.6%
Black or African American	6.3%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Grove	Cumberland
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Grove	Cumberland
Drove alone	83.5%	85.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	4.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	9.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Grove	Cumberland
1-unit, detached	59.4%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	3.2%
20 or more units	4.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beech Grove	Cumberland
Poverty rate	10.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1966	1984