Beech Grove vs Speedway

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

Beech Grove and Speedway 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 13,622 in Speedway). Speedway has the higher median household income ($57,158 vs $49,452 in Beech Grove). Speedway has the higher median home value ($209,400 vs $169,500 in Beech Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Grove	Speedway
Population	15,082	13,622
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,452	$57,158
Median home value	$169,500	$209,400
Median gross rent	$978	$1,120
Housing units	6,983	6,441
Homeownership rate	55.3%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Grove	Speedway
Population	14,990 → 15,082 (+0.6%)	12,266 → 13,622 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$43,802 → $49,452 (+12.9%)	$42,188 → $57,158 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $169,500 (+66.8%)	$122,000 → $209,400 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $978 (+25.4%)	$826 → $1,120 (+35.6%)

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

Speedway

Population

12,26613,622

Median household income

$42,188$57,158

Median home value

$122,000$209,400

Median gross rent

$826$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Grove	Speedway
Under 5	6.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	16.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.0%
75 and over	6.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Grove	Speedway
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	54.3%
Black or African American	6.3%	31.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Grove	Speedway
No high school diploma	11.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	37.7%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Grove	Speedway
Drove alone	83.5%	74.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	1.7%
Walked	0.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	12.6%
Other means	0.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Grove	Speedway
1-unit, detached	59.4%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	19.8%
20 or more units	4.6%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Beech Grove	Speedway
Poverty rate	10.3%	15.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1966	1962