The Facts on Indiana Homelessness

• Families are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population in Indiana today.
• 40% of the 15,000 people who become homeless in Indianapolis each year live in families with children.
• While the public often perceives homelessness as a problem that involves single men, children and youth make up about 30% of the local homeless population.
• The average age of a homeless person in the United States is 7 years old.
• One in five homeless adults is a veteran.
• Four out of ten homeless adults on any given night have children with them.
• Many homeless people work, but most have extremely low incomes earning less than 30% of Marion County median family income.
• In about 62,000 Indianapolis households, adult heads of households spent half or more of their incomes on rent or mortgage payments.
• Among respondents who were homeless, three out of four had been homeless more than once.