Cumberland vs Indianapolis

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

Cumberland 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 6,154 in Cumberland). Cumberland has the higher median household income ($84,167 vs $62,995 in Indianapolis). Cumberland has the higher median home value ($241,200 vs $207,000 in Indianapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland	Indianapolis
Population	6,154	882,043
Median age	38.3 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,167	$62,995
Median home value	$241,200	$207,000
Median gross rent	$990	$1,112
Housing units	2,680	399,634
Homeownership rate	75.7%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland	Indianapolis
Population	5,718 → 6,154 (+7.6%)	864,447 → 882,043 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$69,711 → $84,167 (+20.7%)	$47,873 → $62,995 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $241,200 (+54.3%)	$137,000 → $207,000 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $990 (+18.6%)	$892 → $1,112 (+24.7%)

Cumberland

Population

5,7186,154

Median household income

$69,711$84,167

Median home value

$156,300$241,200

Median gross rent

$835$990

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)

	Cumberland	Indianapolis
Under 5	2.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	18.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.1%
75 and over	6.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland	Indianapolis
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	49.9%
Black or African American	11.5%	27.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland	Indianapolis
No high school diploma	5.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	30.1%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland	Indianapolis
Drove alone	85.1%	73.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland	Indianapolis
1-unit, detached	79.3%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	14.1%
20 or more units	1.7%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland	Indianapolis
Poverty rate	4.3%	15.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1984	1972