Tipton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 5,285 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tipton is the 122nd largest community in Indiana. Tipton has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tipton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tipton is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tipton who work in office and administrative support (12.90%), sales jobs (9.67%), and business and financial occupations (8.47%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.37% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. As is often the case in a small city, Tipton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Tipton overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Tipton, 22.12% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Tipton in 2022 was $33,301, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,204 for a family of four. However, Tipton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Tipton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tipton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tipton include German, English, Irish, European, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Tipton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
