Muncie is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 67,468 people and 25 constituent neighborhoods, Muncie is the eighth largest community in Indiana.

Muncie is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Muncie is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Muncie who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.79%), sales jobs (12.26%), and food service (10.01%).

In addition, Muncie is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local Muncie culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. Muncie really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In Muncie every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and Muncie. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. Muncie benefits directly from this.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Muncie spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.35 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Muncie Information and Demographics

The population of Muncie overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Muncie, 18.98% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Muncie in 2000 was $15,814, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,256 for a family of four.

Muncie is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Muncie home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Muncie is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Muncie include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Muncie is English.