Indianapolis vs Speedway

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

Indianapolis and Speedway 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 13,622 in Speedway). Indianapolis has the higher median household income ($62,995 vs $57,158 in Speedway). Speedway has the higher median home value ($209,400 vs $207,000 in Indianapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Indianapolis	Speedway
Population	882,043	13,622
Median age	34.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,995	$57,158
Median home value	$207,000	$209,400
Median gross rent	$1,112	$1,120
Housing units	399,634	6,441
Homeownership rate	55.3%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianapolis	Speedway
Population	864,447 → 882,043 (+2.0%)	12,266 → 13,622 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$47,873 → $62,995 (+31.6%)	$42,188 → $57,158 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$137,000 → $207,000 (+51.1%)	$122,000 → $209,400 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$892 → $1,112 (+24.7%)	$826 → $1,120 (+35.6%)

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

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)

	Indianapolis	Speedway
Under 5	7.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.0%
75 and over	4.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianapolis	Speedway
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	54.3%
Black or African American	27.8%	31.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianapolis	Speedway
No high school diploma	12.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	26.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianapolis	Speedway
Drove alone	73.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.3%
Public transit	1.4%	1.7%
Walked	1.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianapolis	Speedway
1-unit, detached	59.4%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	19.8%
20 or more units	8.4%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Indianapolis	Speedway
Poverty rate	15.7%	15.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1972	1962