Converse vs Peru

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

Converse 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 912 in Converse). Converse has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $46,180 in Peru). Converse has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $84,000 in Peru).

Population, income & housing

	Converse	Peru
Population	912	10,835
Median age	36.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$46,180
Median home value	$101,700	$84,000
Median gross rent	$758	$769
Housing units	534	5,239
Homeownership rate	78.3%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Converse	Peru
Population	1,167 → 912 (-21.9%)	11,584 → 10,835 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$46,012 → $54,167 (+17.7%)	$39,267 → $46,180 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $101,700 (+20.1%)	$61,200 → $84,000 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $758 (+36.6%)	$683 → $769 (+12.6%)

Converse

Population

1,167912

Median household income

$46,012$54,167

Median home value

$84,700$101,700

Median gross rent

$555$758

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)

	Converse	Peru
Under 5	4.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	5.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.4%
75 and over	16.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Converse	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Converse	Peru
No high school diploma	14.4%	13.6%
High school graduate	37.8%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Converse	Peru
Drove alone	93.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Converse	Peru
1-unit, detached	78.5%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	8.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Converse	Peru
Poverty rate	20.5%	25.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1976	1940