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Poneto, IN
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Poneto profile


Living in Poneto



Poneto is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 173 people and two associated neighborhoods, Poneto is the 471st largest community in Indiana. Poneto has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Poneto’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Poneto has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Poneto has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Poneto than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Poneto may be for you.

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

In Poneto, just 10.34% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Poneto in 2018 was $32,942, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,768 for a family of four. However, Poneto contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Poneto home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Poneto residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Poneto include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Poneto is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.