Beech Grove is a somewhat small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 14,200 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Beech Grove is the 56th largest community in Indiana.

Beech Grove is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Beech Grove is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beech Grove who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.15%), sales jobs (9.92%), and management occupations (5.23%).

Also of interest is that Beech Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One downside of living in Beech Grove is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Beech Grove, the average commute to work is 33.23 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Despite the fact that Beech Grove is a relatively small city, the public transit system is fairly well used to commute to work. Many people choose to use the bus, often traveling to the central city in the region.

Beech Grove Information and Demographics

The population of Beech Grove 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 Beech Grove, 16.69% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Beech Grove in 2000 was $19,647, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,588 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Beech Grove is English.