White County, Indiana

White County has a population of 24,717 and has grown 1.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $175,900, about 2.6 times the county's median household income of $67,303.

Home price
$175,900
Income
$67,303
Population
24,717
Unemployment
3.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$175,900county
Median gross rent$901county
Median year homes here were built1969county
Share of homes built before 198069.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile9.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant20.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use15.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,358(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,030county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$785county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,235county
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$67,303county
Family health premium / yr$24,725(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,471(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.488(statewide)
Poverty rate10.2%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 force61.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.3%county
Share of workers employed by government14.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.3%county
Economic output per resident$61,267county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.54%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 time23.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service25 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5647county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.8 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 station22 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.2%county
Traffic deaths76.9county
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 higher19.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.6%county
Public schools in the county12county
Public school enrollment4271county
Students per full-time teacher13.8county
Free lunch eligible55.4%county
Elementary schools6county
Middle schools2county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution21 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians37county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter9.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.6%county
Frequent mental distress17.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.4%county

Place

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

Population24,717county
Land area in square miles505county
People per square mile of land48.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store1.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+1.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents6county
Median age42.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.2%county
Share of households that are one person30.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.7%county
Second languages8.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls32.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents178county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in684county
Households that moved away716county
Average income of arriving households$55,725county
Average income of departing households$46,848county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year37county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings10.8%county
Violent crime rate313(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature51.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation28.4 incounty
Annual snowfall18.9 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.91 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F26 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing126 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days178 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 23county
Average first fall frostOct 18county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$154county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh15.3¢county
Household electricity use961 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity18.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas63.1%county
Homes heated by propane15.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.4%county
Homes heated by wood1.6%county
Households with broadband88.5%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk48.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk14.5county
Landslide risk39.7county
Hail risk66.6county
Earthquake risk60.1county
Tornado risk52.5county
Tropical cyclone risk34.7county
Extreme heat risk43.4county
Winter weather risk37.2county
Strong wind risk57.5county
Wildfire risk7.4county

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 White 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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