Muncie, in east-central Indiana, is home to about sixty-five thousand people and Ball State University, its largest employer. The city's Walnut Street Historic District and Carnegie Library anchor a downtown now shifting toward a health care, education, and retail economy.

County: Delaware

READI region: East Central

Region's READI awards: $15 million in READI 1.0 (2021); $35 million in READI 2.0 (2024)

Population: 65,194 in the 2020 Census, down 7.0 percent since 2010; estimated 65,466 in 2025

Residents 65 and over: 14.3%

Per capita income: $25,281

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.1%

Owner-occupied homes: 52.0%