Town · Grant County, Indiana

Upland, Indiana

Upland is a town in Grant County, Indiana, part of the Marion, IN metro area. It has 3,918 residents. Upland, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 37 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,857 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #188 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), violent crime rate (low) and bachelor's degree or higher (high). It ranks worst on premature death (high), voter turnout (low) and life expectancy (low).

37Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,857 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #188 of 353 in IN
Population: 3,918 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,248.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 1877966

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.

Safety49#7,990/15,637
Economy45#8,646/15,631
Housing96#673/14,977
Health20#12,493/15,609
Healthcare30#10,994/15,650
Environment22#12,074/15,453
Education50#7,766/15,649
Infrastructure54#7,123/15,650
Community41#9,255/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,140/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Upland, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Grant 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

Social associations · high15.1 /10k
91/100Indiana 11.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrant County value
Violent crime rate · low75 /100k
91/100Indiana 254 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationGrant County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · high54.0%
87/100Indiana 29.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Rent-burdened households · low26.5%
83/100Indiana 48.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Home price to income ratio · low2.4×
81/100Indiana 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high1.2 /10k
81/100Indiana 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGrant County value

Weaknesses

Premature death · high15,005 /100k
4/100Indiana 9,486 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrant County value
Voter turnout · low49.9%
4/100Indiana 59.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionGrant County value
Life expectancy · low70.9 yrs
4/100Indiana 75.6 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrant County value
New business applications · low8.2 /1k
8/100Indiana 12.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauGrant County value
Injury deaths · high130 /100k
10/100Indiana 96 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrant County value
Depression · high28.6%
11/100Indiana 25.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.9% (2015-2019) → 93.2% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
39.0% (2015-2019) → 53.9% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$56,364 (2015-2019) → $83,839 (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
35.1% (2015-2019) → 26.5% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
19.4% (2015-2019) → 26.1% (2020-2024)
+6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
7.2% (2015-2019) → 13.4% (2020-2024)
+6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Upland, Indiana improved on 3 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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.

Improved3

Bachelor's++15 points39.0% → 53.9%
Broadband+21 points71.9% → 93.2%
Household income+49%$56,364 → $83,839

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Upland, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.7 min2015-2019	20.5 min2020-2024	+4.7 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%2015-2019	53.9%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	71.9%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	92%
Effective property tax rate	0.73%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3942015-2019	0.3782020-2024	−0.016	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$56,3642015-2019	$83,8392020-2024	+49%	Improved	83%
Rent as share of income	19.4%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.9%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%

“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 Upland, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Upland, 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, Upland, Indiana itself moved +3.3 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

3,918 residents (±289)

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

957 households (±123)

Upland, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k14%†134
$25k–50k17%†164
$50k–75k10%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

957 households (±123)

Upland, Indiana
Indiana share

Own78%746
Rent22%†211

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+10.9 points).

† 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

1,807 workers (±214)

Upland, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone51%920
Carpool5.3%†95
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 Marion, 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 Grant County, the county holding most of Upland's residents.

Grant County has 1,261 employer establishments, 191 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Indiana's), with 28,381 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,621. The Census Bureau also counts 3,540 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,261; 3,540 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 191; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 28,381
Average annual pay: $43,621; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	109	16.5	0.79×Fewer than typical	1,576	$41,421	130
Restaurants and other eating places	104	15.7	0.86×About typical	2,312	$16,858	19
Religious organizations	80	12.1	2.18×More than typical	667	$25,100	—
Specialty trade contractors	60	9.1	0.59×Fewer than typical	590	$68,254	226
Gasoline stations	56	8.5	2.61×More than typical	450	$25,224	—
Limited-service restaurants	51	7.7	0.96×About typical	1,426	$14,916	9
Full-service restaurants	41	6.2	0.81×About typical	806	$19,408	8
Automotive repair and maintenance	40	6	1.20×About typical	159	$39,226	55
Building equipment contractors	33	5	0.83×About typical	307	$67,407	32
Construction of buildings	33	5	0.66×Fewer than typical	189	$46,111	115
Lessors of real estate	33	5	0.40×Fewer than typical	83	$31,759	336
Offices of other health practitioners	33	5	0.82×About typical	679	$37,125	62

Rank places for an industry Open Grant County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 66,188 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Upland, Indiana: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Spending by fiscal year

48.4KFY2019
17KFY2020
156.3KFY2021
50.4KFY2022
11.1KFY2023
186.8KFY2025

What was bought

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 Upland, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Upland, Indiana's figures are part of those of Grant County, IN ($33M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Grant 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.

Upland, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Victoria SpartzR-IN-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 6.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Grant County32100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Marion, IN25

Other cities and towns in Grant 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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