Huntington County, Indiana

Huntington County has a population of 36,798 and has grown 1.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $161,600, about 2.4 times the county's median household income of $66,301.

Home price
$161,600
Income
$66,301
Population
36,798
Unemployment
3.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$161,600county
Median gross rent$879county
Median year homes here were built1966county
Share of homes built before 198065.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.3%county
Typical monthly rent$875county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$956county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$731county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,239county
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$66,301county
Family health premium / yr$24,725(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,471(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.488(statewide)
Poverty rate9.9%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 home7.1%county
Unemployment rate3.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.6%county
Share of workers employed by government9.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.4%county
Economic output per resident$55,909county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.71%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 time22.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service17 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport424491county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station46 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.7%county
Traffic deaths40.8county
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 higher21.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.7%county
Public schools in the county10county
Public school enrollment4874county
Students per full-time teacher14.3county
Free lunch eligible47.8%county
Elementary schools6county
Middle schools2county
High schools1county
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 institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians55county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.7%county
Frequent mental distress16.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.8%county

Place

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

Population36,798county
Land area in square miles383county
People per square mile of land96.2county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store15.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract18.9%county
Population change since 2020+1.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age40.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.7%county
Share of households that are one person27.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.5%county
Second languages2.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls39.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents180county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in933county
Households that moved away927county
Average income of arriving households$51,720county
Average income of departing households$53,507county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year64county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate313(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature51.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation29.6 incounty
Annual snowfall20.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.88 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F15 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing131 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days171 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 30county
Average first fall frostOct 18county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$142county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh14.8¢county
Household electricity use971 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity34.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas46.5%county
Homes heated by propane13.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.1%county
Homes heated by wood1.8%county
Households with broadband87.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk48.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk64.1county
Landslide risk46.0county
Hail risk61.0county
Earthquake risk50.7county
Tornado risk67.9county
Tropical cyclone risk29.7county
Extreme heat risk55.3county
Winter weather risk34.0county
Strong wind risk68.5county
Wildfire risk9.6county

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 Huntington 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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