Indiana County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 92 counties in Indiana, scored 0–100 across five domains. Mean score: 43.1.
Data: Census, BLS, Urban Institute, HUD, US Courts | Scores as of 2026-03-26
Indiana Snapshot
92 Counties Scored
43.1 Mean Score
43.5 Median Score
69.3 Howard County Most Distressed
17.1 Hamilton County Least Distressed
9 moderate-high county distress15 moderate county distress30 moderate-low county distress24 low-moderate county distress13 low county distress1 very low county distress
Score Label Distribution Indiana County Map
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All 92 Indiana counties colored by county distress score range. Hover for details; click released counties for full reports.
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Score Distribution
How Indiana's 92 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.
All Indiana Counties
92 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.
| State Rank | Nat'l Rank | County | Score | Score Label | Primary Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 527 | Howard County | 69.3 | moderate-high county distress | Labor |
| 2 | 551 | Lake County | 69.0 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 3 | 568 | Marion County | 68.7 | moderate-high county distress | Delinquency |
| 4 | 600 | Vigo County | 68.2 | moderate-high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 5 | 602 | Delaware County | 68.2 | moderate-high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 6 | 816 | Wayne County | 64.0 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 7 | 817 | Grant County | 64.0 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 8 | 888 | Fayette County | 62.7 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 9 | 984 | Madison County | 61.1 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 10 | 1,095 | Scott County | 58.9 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 11 | 1,135 | St. Joseph County | 58.3 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 12 | 1,197 | Miami County | 57.1 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 13 | 1,208 | Blackford County | 57.0 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 14 | 1,278 | Washington County | 55.7 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 15 | 1,308 | Vanderburgh County | 55.2 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 16 | 1,318 | LaPorte County | 55.0 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 17 | 1,353 | Cass County | 54.3 | moderate county distress | Delinquency |
| 18 | 1,416 | Elkhart County | 53.1 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 19 | 1,458 | Clark County | 52.5 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 20 | 1,463 | Switzerland County | 52.4 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 21 | 1,483 | Starke County | 52.2 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 22 | 1,517 | Crawford County | 51.4 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 23 | 1,548 | Vermillion County | 50.8 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 24 | 1,572 | Fulton County | 50.4 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 25 | 1,618 | Ohio County | 49.4 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 26 | 1,629 | Sullivan County | 49.2 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 27 | 1,640 | Jennings County | 49.0 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 28 | 1,643 | Randolph County | 49.0 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 29 | 1,656 | Shelby County | 48.7 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 30 | 1,664 | Newton County | 48.6 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 31 | 1,690 | Allen County | 48.2 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 32 | 1,710 | Morgan County | 47.9 | moderate-low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 33 | 1,717 | Knox County | 47.8 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 34 | 1,726 | Jefferson County | 47.6 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 35 | 1,748 | Tippecanoe County | 47.3 | moderate-low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 36 | 1,780 | Greene County | 46.7 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 37 | 1,837 | Jay County | 45.7 | moderate-low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 38 | 1,864 | Henry County | 45.3 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 39 | 1,892 | Brown County | 44.7 | moderate-low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 40 | 1,897 | Owen County | 44.6 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 41 | 1,908 | Rush County | 44.5 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 42 | 1,925 | Monroe County | 44.2 | moderate-low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 43 | 1,930 | Bartholomew County | 44.1 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 44 | 1,934 | Benton County | 44.0 | moderate-low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 45 | 1,935 | Clay County | 44.0 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 46 | 1,953 | Lawrence County | 43.6 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 47 | 1,972 | Porter County | 43.4 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 48 | 1,995 | Orange County | 42.9 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 49 | 2,011 | Jackson County | 42.5 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 50 | 2,030 | Parke County | 42.0 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 51 | 2,036 | Montgomery County | 42.0 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 52 | 2,072 | Floyd County | 41.3 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 53 | 2,102 | Decatur County | 40.8 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 54 | 2,122 | Wabash County | 40.4 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 55 | 2,172 | Kosciusko County | 39.4 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 56 | 2,210 | White County | 38.9 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 57 | 2,213 | Martin County | 38.8 | low-moderate county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 58 | 2,221 | Noble County | 38.6 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 59 | 2,227 | Perry County | 38.5 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 60 | 2,242 | Pike County | 38.0 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 61 | 2,270 | Ripley County | 37.5 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 62 | 2,283 | Harrison County | 37.3 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 63 | 2,290 | Dearborn County | 37.1 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 64 | 2,334 | Johnson County | 36.2 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 65 | 2,360 | Clinton County | 35.7 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 66 | 2,372 | Steuben County | 35.5 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 67 | 2,382 | DeKalb County | 35.2 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 68 | 2,466 | Jasper County | 33.4 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 69 | 2,474 | Marshall County | 33.3 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 70 | 2,494 | Fountain County | 32.9 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 71 | 2,502 | Huntington County | 32.8 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 72 | 2,509 | Pulaski County | 32.7 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 73 | 2,515 | Putnam County | 32.5 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 74 | 2,530 | Hendricks County | 32.2 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 75 | 2,556 | Tipton County | 31.5 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 76 | 2,564 | Gibson County | 31.4 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 77 | 2,573 | Union County | 31.1 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 78 | 2,584 | Adams County | 30.9 | low-moderate county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 79 | 2,626 | Wells County | 29.9 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 80 | 2,652 | Warren County | 29.1 | low county distress | Delinquency |
| 81 | 2,658 | Posey County | 28.9 | low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 82 | 2,668 | Daviess County | 28.6 | low county distress | Delinquency |
| 83 | 2,696 | Carroll County | 28.1 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 84 | 2,716 | Hancock County | 27.6 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 85 | 2,737 | Whitley County | 27.0 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 86 | 2,763 | Franklin County | 26.2 | low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 87 | 2,772 | Warrick County | 25.9 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 88 | 2,922 | LaGrange County | 21.8 | low county distress | Delinquency |
| 89 | 2,942 | Dubois County | 20.9 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 90 | 2,949 | Spencer County | 20.7 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 91 | 2,967 | Boone County | 20.1 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 92 | 3,031 | Hamilton County | 17.1 | very low county distress | Default & Legal |
How County Scores Work
Each county is scored 0–100 using five equal-weighted domains. Each domain averages its member indicators' county ranks, and the composite is the mean of those domain scores. Higher scores indicate greater household financial distress.
extreme county distress — 0 Indiana counties
very high county distress — 0 Indiana counties
high county distress — 0 Indiana counties
moderate-high county distress — 9 Indiana counties
moderate county distress — 15 Indiana counties
moderate-low county distress — 30 Indiana counties
low-moderate county distress — 24 Indiana counties
low county distress — 13 Indiana counties
very low county distress — 1 Indiana county
exceptionally low county distress — 0 Indiana counties