Delaware County, Indiana

County Distress Index: Elevated · 64.8 | 112,321 people · 1st most distressed in Indiana

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Delaware County, IN registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 64.8 — 513th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Indiana, it ranks 1st of 92 counties. It scores higher than all 6 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Delaware County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 77.8 — worse than roughly 78% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 77.8
Poverty Rate 84
Income vs. State Median 86
Child Poverty Rate 63
Housing Cost Burden 71.5
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 87
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 97
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 30
Homeownership Rate 81
Rent-to-Income Ratio 63
Debt & Delinquency 68.4
Debt in Collections 62
Medical Debt 34
Student Loan Delinquency 82
Auto Loan Delinquency 72
Credit Card Delinquency 78
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 82
Community Vulnerability 58.9
Uninsured Rate 42
Disability Rate 76
Employment & Wages 47.3
Unemployment Rate 23
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 45
Business Formation Rate 74

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Delaware County compares to its 6 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Delaware County
Delaware County, IN 64.8 Elevated
Grant County, IN 63.3 Elevated -1.4
Madison County, IN 59.3 Elevated -5.4
Blackford County, IN 59.3 Elevated -5.5
Jay County, IN 54.1 Elevated -10.7
Randolph County, IN 52.2 Elevated -12.6
Henry County, IN 49.5 Normal -15.3

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Delaware County
Pottawatomie County, OK 64.8 Elevated +0.1
Trumbull County, OH 64.7 Elevated -0.1
Hunt County, TX 64.7 Elevated -0.1
Clarke County, GA 64.6 Elevated -0.1
Valencia County, NM 64.9 Elevated +0.1

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