Grissom AFB vs Miami

A side-by-side comparison of Grissom AFB and Miami: population, income, housing, and more.

Grissom AFB and Miami are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grissom AFB has the higher population (2,882 vs 573 in Miami). Miami has the higher median household income ($96,442 vs $52,829 in Grissom AFB). Since 2019, Miami's population has grown faster (+81.9% vs +17.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Grissom AFB	Miami
Population	2,882	573
Median age	27.0 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,829	$96,442
Median home value	$84,700	—
Median gross rent	$864	$459
Housing units	958	275
Homeownership rate	18.8%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	26.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grissom AFB	Miami
Population	2,453 → 2,882 (+17.5%)	315 → 573 (+81.9%)
Median household income	$50,956 → $52,829 (+3.7%)	—
Median home value	$59,100 → $84,700 (+43.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$814 → $864 (+6.1%)	$495 → $459 (-7.3%)

Grissom AFB

Population

2,4532,882

Median household income

$50,956$52,829

Median home value

$59,100$84,700

Median gross rent

$814$864

Miami

Population

315573

Median gross rent

$495$459

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grissom AFB	Miami
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	17.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	20.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	29.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	4.7%
75 and over	3.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grissom AFB	Miami
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grissom AFB	Miami
No high school diploma	10.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.8%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grissom AFB	Miami
Drove alone	79.2%	80.4%
Carpooled	19.7%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grissom AFB	Miami
1-unit, detached	16.0%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	56.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	29.8%

Poverty & households

	Grissom AFB	Miami
Poverty rate	15.6%	7.7%
Average household size	3.14	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1962	1954