Census-designated place · Miami County, Indiana

Grissom AFB, Indiana

Grissom AFB is a census-designated place in Miami County, Indiana, part of the Peru, IN metro area. It has 2,977 residents. Grissom AFB, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 24 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,947 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #292 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), violent crime rate (low) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on adult obesity (high), voter turnout (low) and primary care physicians (low).

24Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,947 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #292 of 353 in IN
Population: 2,977 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 745.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 1830060

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety78#3,401/15,637
Economy16#13,205/15,631
Housing100#38/14,977
Health16#13,147/15,609
Healthcare14#13,469/15,650
Environment19#12,589/15,453
Education32#10,717/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,549/15,650
Community22#12,284/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,155/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Grissom AFB, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Miami County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Property crime rate · low95 /100k
100/100Indiana 1,052 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMiami County value
Violent crime rate · low47 /100k
98/100Indiana 254 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMiami County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.4×
98/100Indiana 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · low22.8%
95/100Indiana 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Effective property tax rate · low0.42%
93/100Indiana 0.76%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.358
92/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Adult obesity · high45.2%
4/100Indiana 39.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Voter turnout · low50.8%
5/100Indiana 59.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionMiami County value
Primary care physicians · low20 /100k
5/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMiami County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Indiana 6.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMiami County value
Dentists · low25 /100k
7/100Indiana 61 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMiami County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.7 /10k
8/100Indiana 3.8 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMiami County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,453 (2015-2019) → 2,977 (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
40.6% (2015-2019) → 20.4% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
24.3% (2015-2019) → 34.8% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
24.8% (2015-2019) → 14.4% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.2× (2015-2019) → 1.4× (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
18.8% (2015-2019) → 22.8% (2020-2024)
+4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Grissom AFB, Indiana improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Child poverty−20 points40.6% → 20.4%
Poverty−10 points24.8% → 14.4%

Declined1

Rent / income+4 points18.8% → 22.8%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Grissom AFB, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.7 min2015-2019	24.4 min2020-2024	+3.7 min	Within the margin of error	15%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	88.8%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Child poverty rate	40.6%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	−20 points	Improved	94%
Effective property tax rate	0.32%2015-2019	0.42%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
High school diploma or higher	90.4%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Home price to income ratio	1.2×2015-2019	1.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	63%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3342015-2019	0.3582020-2024	+0.024	Within the margin of error	31%
Median household income	$50,9562015-2019	$55,1042020-2024	+8.1%	Within the margin of error	15%
Poverty rate	24.8%2015-2019	14.4%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	93%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	18.8%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	+4 points	Declined	27%
Rent-burdened households	24.3%2015-2019	34.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.6%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Grissom AFB, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Grissom AFB, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Grissom AFB, Indiana itself moved −10.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,977 residents (±267)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

976 households (±121)

Grissom AFB, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k14%†141
$25k–50k29%†281
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

976 households (±121)

Grissom AFB, Indiana
Indiana share

Own25%†243
Rent75%733

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,436 workers (±197)

Grissom AFB, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone77%1,111
Carpool20%†286
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Peru, IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Miami County, the county holding most of Grissom AFB's residents.

Miami County has 584 employer establishments, 172 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.76× Indiana's), with 6,390 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,273. The Census Bureau also counts 1,840 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 584; 1,840 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 172; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 6,390
Average annual pay: $43,273; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Miami County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	50	14.7	0.80×Fewer than typical	701	$15,529	7
Religious organizations	43	12.6	2.28×More than typical	155	$17,561	—
Specialty trade contractors	43	12.6	0.82×About typical	281	$72,157	203
Ambulatory health care services	36	10.6	0.51×Fewer than typical	297	$67,421	39
Truck transportation	30	8.8	1.74×More than typical	208	$63,154	60
Limited-service restaurants	21	6.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	368	$12,845	3
Full-service restaurants	20	5.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	262	$20,031	—
Gasoline stations	19	5.6	1.72×More than typical	174	$24,121	—
Construction of buildings	17	5	0.66×Fewer than typical	88	$45,193	93
Lessors of real estate	17	5	0.41×Fewer than typical	28	$33,750	168
Services to buildings and dwellings	17	5	0.74×Fewer than typical	65	$45,169	171
Automotive repair and maintenance	15	4.4	0.88×About typical	62	$45,903	38

Rank places for an industry Open Miami County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 34,034 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $10.1M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Grissom AFB, Indiana: $3,390 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $10.1M; −72% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3,390; US $1,994
Sole-source: 11%; US 30%
Single offer: 50%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

PHOENIX MANAGEMENT INC$4.8M47%
LATA-CTI ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC$1.9M19%
ADA S. MCKINLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.$782.1K7.8%
TYTO GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS INC$567.6K5.6%
T SQUARE LOGISTICS SERVICES CORPORATION$490.1K4.9%

Spending by fiscal year

18.7MFY2017
20.7MFY2018
39.7MFY2019
12.7MFY2020
18.9MFY2021
55.5MFY2022
19.5MFY2023
49.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$4.8M47%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$1.9M19%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$788.1K7.8%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$612.7K6.1%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$490.1K4.9%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Grissom AFB, Indiana

CONSTRUCT LOGISTICS READINESS COMPLEX (LRC) ON GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, INDIANA.$25.9M
COMMERCIAL CONTRACTING CORP· Miami County, IN· Construction & real property· Sep 26, 2024 – Jun 12, 2026· W912QR24C0039
THIS IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INDOOR SMALL ARMS RANGE (ISAR) LOCATED AT GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, INDIANA.$17.2M
PLACE SERVICES INCORPORATED· Miami County, IN· Construction & real property· Jun 10, 2025 – May 26, 2026· W912QR25C0012
BRAC-ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPTIMIZATION SERVICES (BECOS)$15.6M
LATA-CTI ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC· Miami County, IN· Professional services· Sep 28, 2020 – Apr 15, 2026· FA890320F0015

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Grissom AFB, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Grissom AFB, Indiana's figures are part of those of Miami County, IN and Cass County, IN ($10.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 94% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Grissom AFB is mostly in Miami County.

See federal money in Miami County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Grissom AFB, Indiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Miami County38100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Peru, IN27

Other cities and towns in Miami County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

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