Gibson County, Indiana

Gibson County has a population of 33,000 and has grown 0.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $180,000, about 2.7 times the county's median household income of $67,573.

Home price
$180,000
Income
$67,573
Population
33,000
Unemployment
2.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$180,000county
Median gross rent$935county
Median year homes here were built1974county
Share of homes built before 198057.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented23.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,295county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,001county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$771county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,262county
Home insurance / yr$2,887(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living91(statewide)
Median household income$67,573county
Family health premium / yr$24,725(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,471(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.488(statewide)
Poverty rate10.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home3.6%county
Unemployment rate2.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.5%county
Share of workers employed by government8.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.7%county
Economic output per resident$134,932county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.72%county
Top state income tax2.95%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.95%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time20.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service18 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport189706county
Miles to nearest general aviation field20 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station78 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.0%county
Traffic deaths51.5county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher18.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.6%county
Public schools in the county12county
Public school enrollment4664county
Students per full-time teacher14.0county
Free lunch eligible39.4%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools2county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution11 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians40county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.8%county
Frequent mental distress19.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity31.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.3%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population33,000county
Land area in square miles487county
People per square mile of land67.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores6county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store2.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract13.3%county
Population change since 2020+0.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age40.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.2%county
Share of households that are one person27.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.6%county
Second languages2.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls43.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents200county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents4county
Households that moved in819county
Households that moved away818county
Average income of arriving households$52,965county
Average income of departing households$48,983county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year89county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings92.1%county
Violent crime rate313(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature57°Fcounty
Annual precipitation47.5 incounty
Annual snowfall17.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.17 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F44 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing91 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days204 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 10county
Average first fall frostOct 31county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$139county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh14.1¢county
Household electricity use920 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity39.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas47.9%county
Homes heated by propane9.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.5%county
Homes heated by wood1.2%county
Households with broadband88.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk36.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk95.8county
Landslide risk74.5county
Hail risk58.6county
Earthquake risk88.5county
Tornado risk38.7county
Tropical cyclone risk28.0county
Extreme heat risk68.8county
Winter weather risk59.8county
Strong wind risk76.7county
Wildfire risk6.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Gibson County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Indiana figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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