Beech Grove vs Indianapolis

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

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

Indianapolis has the higher population (882,043 vs 15,082 in Beech Grove). Indianapolis has the higher median household income ($62,995 vs $49,452 in Beech Grove). Indianapolis has the higher median home value ($207,000 vs $169,500 in Beech Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Grove	Indianapolis
Population	15,082	882,043
Median age	36.4 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,452	$62,995
Median home value	$169,500	$207,000
Median gross rent	$978	$1,112
Housing units	6,983	399,634
Homeownership rate	55.3%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Grove	Indianapolis
Population	14,990 → 15,082 (+0.6%)	864,447 → 882,043 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$43,802 → $49,452 (+12.9%)	$47,873 → $62,995 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $169,500 (+66.8%)	$137,000 → $207,000 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $978 (+25.4%)	$892 → $1,112 (+24.7%)

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

Indianapolis

Population

864,447882,043

Median household income

$47,873$62,995

Median home value

$137,000$207,000

Median gross rent

$892$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Grove	Indianapolis
Under 5	6.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.1%
75 and over	6.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Grove	Indianapolis
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	49.9%
Black or African American	6.3%	27.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Grove	Indianapolis
No high school diploma	11.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Grove	Indianapolis
Drove alone	83.5%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.6%
Public transit	0.1%	1.4%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	12.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Grove	Indianapolis
1-unit, detached	59.4%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	14.1%
20 or more units	4.6%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Beech Grove	Indianapolis
Poverty rate	10.3%	15.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1966	1972