Bunker Hill vs Peru

A side-by-side comparison of Bunker Hill and Peru: population, income, housing, and more.

Bunker Hill and Peru are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Peru has the higher population (10,835 vs 956 in Bunker Hill). Bunker Hill has the higher median household income ($46,389 vs $46,180 in Peru). Bunker Hill has the higher median home value ($85,400 vs $84,000 in Peru).

Population, income & housing

	Bunker Hill	Peru
Population	956	10,835
Median age	43.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,389	$46,180
Median home value	$85,400	$84,000
Median gross rent	$632	$769
Housing units	570	5,239
Homeownership rate	64.8%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunker Hill	Peru
Population	513 → 956 (+86.4%)	11,584 → 10,835 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$46,071 → $46,389 (+0.7%)	$39,267 → $46,180 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $85,400 (+26.0%)	$61,200 → $84,000 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $632 (+9.9%)	$683 → $769 (+12.6%)

Bunker Hill

Population

513956

Median household income

$46,071$46,389

Median home value

$67,800$85,400

Median gross rent

$575$632

Peru

Population

11,58410,835

Median household income

$39,267$46,180

Median home value

$61,200$84,000

Median gross rent

$683$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunker Hill	Peru
Under 5	5.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	19.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.4%
75 and over	5.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunker Hill	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	86.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunker Hill	Peru
No high school diploma	14.2%	13.6%
High school graduate	39.5%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunker Hill	Peru
Drove alone	92.0%	80.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.2%	4.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunker Hill	Peru
1-unit, detached	51.4%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Bunker Hill	Peru
Poverty rate	13.3%	25.4%
Average household size	1.99	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1973	1940