Zionsville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 8,479 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Zionsville is the 85th largest community in Indiana.

Zionsville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.82% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Zionsville is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Zionsville who work in management occupations (24.51%), office and administrative support jobs (13.44%), and sales jobs (12.06%).

In addition, Zionsville is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Zionsville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Zionsville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Zionsville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Zionsville is a very car-oriented town. 97.26% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Zionsville is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Zionsville has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Zionsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Zionsville Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Zionsville is a pretty powerful place. 60.14% of the adults in Zionsville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Zionsville in 2000 was $35,049, which is wealthy relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $140,196 for a family of four.

The people who call Zionsville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Zionsville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Zionsville include German, English, Irish, Polish, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, Italian, French, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Zionsville is English.