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Grissom AFB, Indiana.

A community in Miami County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Miami County’s.

Living in Grissom AFB, Miami County, Indiana

Grissom AFB, in Miami County, had 3,009 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $55,104 a year and half less, against $61,139 across Miami County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 25% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 75% are rented. Unemployment in Miami County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then restaurants and hotels.

People 3,009 in the 2020 census; median age 28.1
Household income $55,104 the median, give or take $12,835 · Miami County: $61,139
Unemployment 3.6% Miami County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 25% lived in by their owners; 75% rented
  • 976households
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 14%below the poverty line
  • 24 mintypical commute
  • 3%work from home

What residents work in

  • Manufacturing29%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment22%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care10%
  • Professional and business services6%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Miami County had 9,103 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 16°; warmest in July, 83° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 16° F M A M J J 83° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 16°; warmest in July, 83° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 16° F M A M J J 83° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 62°. About 25 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Young America weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Miami County

  1. Smithfield Foods - PeruCured meats made from purchased carcasses521
  2. Maconaquah School CorpSchool district273FTE
  3. Peru Community SchoolsSchool district221FTE
  4. Dukes Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital190FTE
  5. Progress RailRailroad rolling stock manufacturing187
  6. FedExCourier and express delivery services157
  7. Miami County621420 outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers151
  8. Dean Baldwin PaintingAircraft maintenance and repair services133

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 18 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,077 people in all across the county; Grissom AFB has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively high
  2. Cold wavesRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  4. HailRelatively moderate
  5. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  6. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Grissom AFB’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Miami County.