Plymouth, IN

Micro Area Profile

46,284 residents. Jobs, income, development, climate and physical risk across the Plymouth, IN micropolitan area.

71out of 100
Area Score
Top 7% of 834 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 9 sources
OpportunityTop 21% of 835 metro and micro areas measured66
SchoolsTop 20% of 695 metro and micro areas measured74
GrowthTop 40% of 834 metro and micro areas measured56
Housing affordabilityTop 9% of 835 metro and micro areas measured83
Climate582nd of 835 metro and micro areas measured61
Physical resilienceTop 12% of 835 metro and micro areas measured82
AccessTop 28% of 835 metro and micro areas measured88
Economic stabilityTop 36% of 835 metro and micro areas measured63
The quick read

Plymouth ranks in the top 21% of metro and micro areas measured for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 3.4% and median household income of $71,808.

In the public schools here, 45% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 14.3 students for every teacher.

137 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 5% of the prior year — steady rather than turning.

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At a glance

Population
46,284
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$71,808
Top 36% nationally
Density
104/sq mi
443.6 sq mi of land
Median age
39.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
Area type
Micropolitan area
Indiana
Nearest major airport
SBN
27 mi · South Bend Intl
Median home value
$204,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.4%, lower than in 80% of the 835 measured US metro and micro areas.

Employment grew 0.3% over the past year, to 22,801 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$3,8232024 ACS 5-Year$71,808Top 36%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,5652024 ACS 5-Year$34,462Bottom 42%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year11.8%Top 40%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.0 min2024 ACS 5-Year24.3 minBottom 49%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year20.9%Bottom 31%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year76.8%46th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentJuly 202622,801Bottom 31%of 835July 2026
Employment change (3 years)July 2026+1.5%Top 29%of 835July 2026
Employment change (year over year)July 2026+0.3%Top 31%of 835July 2026
Labor forceJuly 202623,60231st percentileof 835July 2026
Labor force participation ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year80.5%Top 24%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±0.1%2024 ACS 5-Year0.1%16th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026−0.7%Top 23%of 835July 2026
Unemployment rateJuly 20263.4%Top 20%of 835July 2026
Worked from home ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year5.8%19th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year

Unemployment rate

2021/072022/072023/072024/072025/072026/074.61.9
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 3.4% in July 2026. It has been rising for the last 3 months, over a series running from 2020-01 to 2026-07. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.

45% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 53% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 14.3 students for every full-time teacher across 16 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
16
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
14.3
across all schools here
Math proficiency
45.0%
Top 25% in Indiana
Reading proficiency
53.4%
Top 19% in Indiana
The 12 largest of 16 public schools, by enrollment.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Plymouth High SchoolPlymouth Community School Corp1,03413.131%68%
Bremen Elementary/Middle SchoolBremen Public Schools1,01516.150%48%
LaVille Elementary SchoolUnion-North United School Corp64916.255%50%
Triton Elementary SchoolTriton School Corporation51716.252%53%
Lincoln Junior High SchoolPlymouth Community School Corp49813.842%51%
Bremen Senior High SchoolBremen Public Schools48215.142%72%
Riverside IntermediatePlymouth Community School Corp45015.548%60%
Triton Jr-Sr High SchoolTriton School Corporation41413.457%70%
Culver Community Middle/High SchCulver Community Schools Corp39110.327%38%
Culver Elementary SchoolCulver Community Schools Corp38613.852%42%
Menominee Elementary SchoolPlymouth Community School Corp37915.832%37%
Argos Comm Jr-Sr High SchoolArgos Community Schools32012.347%67%

52.7% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Indiana’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,362 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.66% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,008, close to the $938 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,008 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $40,300 a year, about 56% of the median household income here of $71,808.

The typical renter household here spends 25% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $938 a month.

A median home at $204,900 costs 2.5 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $82,494, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
25.3%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.5×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,008
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$938
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$204,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Plymouth’s median household income of $71,808, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income ±0.22024 ACS 5-Year2.5Top 43%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year76.4%86th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±382024 ACS 5-Year20,11127th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$824Top 35%of 818FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,225Top 16%of 818FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,008Top 32%of 818FY2026
Median gross rent ±$322024 ACS 5-Year$938Top 43%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$7,5702024 ACS 5-Year$204,90047th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$552024 ACS 5-Year$1,36227th percentileof 9332024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$4,7262024 ACS 5-Year$82,494Top 48%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.04%2024 ACS 5-Year0.66%33rd percentileof 9322024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year25.3%Top 11%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±1522024 ACS 5-Year81345th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year4.0%71st percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year7.7%49th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±3232024 ACS 5-Year2,35325th percentileof 9352024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

56/ 100
Top 40% of 834 published metro profiles
The most recent move in permitting was downward, in a series running from 2024 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 1% since 2020, reaching 46,464 in 2024.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 137 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes.

At 3.0 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US metro and micro areas.

Units permitted
137
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
3.0
Top 44% nationally
Year over year
+5%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

Population, annual estimates

2020202120222023202446k46k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population. It has been rising, over a series running from 2020 to 2024.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 83°F and January a low of 17°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 39.2 inches, including 64.5 inches of snow.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station SOUTH BEND MICHIANA RGNL AP, 26.5 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals39.2"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals64.5"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals17°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals83°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals48°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

82 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, cold wave and tornado, with inland flooding alone responsible for 44% of it. Inland flooding and cold wave are independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large those hazards are.

Overall hazard risk is lower than 88% of measured US metro and micro areas.

TornadoElevated
HailModerate
EarthquakeModerate
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: lightning, cold wave, drought, strong wind, inland flooding, winter weather, landslide, hurricane, ice storm, wildfire, avalanche, coastal flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. This value is the population-weighted mean of all component counties; expected annual loss is their sum. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. City profiles inside this area carry their own figure where their department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Death-certificate rates
The CDC publishes these rates by county, so a metropolitan area carries none of its own. The county profiles inside it do.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index by county, and only where a monitor sits, so a metropolitan area carries none of its own. The county profiles inside it show it where one exists.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest South Bend Intl at 27 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year84.3%Bottom 14%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle27 miTop 31%of 835NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle5Top 26%of 835NASR current cycle
No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year13.0%Bottom 11%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
South Bend IntlSBN27 mi8,412 ft
Grissom ARBGUS47 mi12,501 ft
Gary/Chicago IntlGYY63 mi8,859 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

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