Johnson County, Indiana

Johnson County has a population of 166,315 and has grown 7.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $284,600, about 3.1 times the county's median household income of $90,454.

Home price
$284,600
Income
$90,454
Population
166,315
Unemployment
3.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$284,600county
Median gross rent$1,271county
Median year homes here were built1993county
Share of homes built before 198034.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented27.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,641county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,473county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,267county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,907county
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$90,454county
Family health premium / yr$24,725(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,471(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.488(statewide)
Poverty rate7.4%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 home14.2%county
Unemployment rate3.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force66.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.6%county
Share of workers employed by government11.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.1%county
Economic output per resident$49,621county

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 time26.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service15 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5181947county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station14 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.3%county
Traffic deaths15.0county
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 higher34.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.3%county
Public schools in the county38county
Public school enrollment28702county
Students per full-time teacher17.3county
Free lunch eligible41.4%county
Elementary schools24county
Middle schools8county
High schools6county
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 institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians80county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter9.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year5.9%county
Frequent mental distress16.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.9%county

Place

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

Population166,315county
Land area in square miles320county
People per square mile of land519.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores12county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store26.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract5.3%county
Population change since 2020+7.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age38.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.7%county
Share of households that are one person24.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.7%county
Second languages8.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls35.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents75county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents15county
Households that moved in6,265county
Households that moved away5,688county
Average income of arriving households$62,286county
Average income of departing households$62,572county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes17county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,088county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings9.9%county
Violent crime rate313(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature53.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.2 incounty
Annual snowfall33.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.05 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F16 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing111 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days191 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 16county
Average first fall frostOct 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$150county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh13.8¢county
Household electricity use1,077 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity31.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas64.0%county
Homes heated by propane3.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.3%county
Households with broadband93.0%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk78.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk50.4county
Landslide risk63.1county
Hail risk82.4county
Earthquake risk81.6county
Tornado risk89.3county
Tropical cyclone risk11.3county
Extreme heat risk65.6county
Winter weather risk85.5county
Strong wind risk91.5county
Wildfire risk19.7county

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 Johnson 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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