Vincennes is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Vincennes enrolled in college, Vincennes has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
One of the benefits of Vincennes is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.13 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The citizens of Vincennes are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.17% of adults in Vincennes have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Vincennes in 2022 was $28,924, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,696 for a family of four. However, Vincennes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Vincennes is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Vincennes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vincennes residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vincennes include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Vincennes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
