One thing that you will notice about Muncie is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Muncie a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.
Muncie is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.
The education level of Muncie citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.80% of adults in Muncie have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Muncie in 2022 was $29,207, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,828 for a family of four. However, Muncie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Muncie is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Muncie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Muncie residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Muncie include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Muncie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Spanish.
