Johnson County, Indiana

County Distress Index: Healthy · 32.7 | 167,819 people · 79th most distressed in Indiana

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Johnson County, IN ranks among the least distressed counties in the country at 32.7 — 2770th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Debt & Delinquency, where debt and delinquency levels sit above the national average. Within Indiana, it ranks 79th of 92 counties. It scores lower than all 5 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Johnson County's primary driver is Debt & Delinquency at 54.1 — above the national median.

Debt & Delinquency Primary driver 54.1
Debt in Collections 39
Medical Debt 54
Student Loan Delinquency 52
Auto Loan Delinquency 41
Credit Card Delinquency 48
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 90
Housing Cost Burden 50.5
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 62
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 62
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 45
Homeownership Rate 53
Rent-to-Income Ratio 31
Employment & Wages 39.8
Unemployment Rate 4
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 92
Business Formation Rate 24
Community Vulnerability 13.3
Uninsured Rate 15
Disability Rate 11
Income & Poverty 5.8
Poverty Rate 4
Income vs. State Median 8
Child Poverty Rate 6

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

Neighbors and Peers

How Johnson County compares to its 5 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Johnson County
Johnson County, IN 32.7 Healthy
Marion County, IN 57.3 Elevated +24.5
Shelby County, IN 47.1 Normal +14.4
Brown County, IN 46.1 Normal +13.4
Morgan County, IN 43.2 Normal +10.5
Bartholomew County, IN 37.0 Normal +4.3

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Johnson County
Windsor County, VT 32.7 Healthy -0.0
Frederick County, VA 32.7 Healthy -0.0
Chatham County, NC 32.8 Healthy +0.1
Calvert County, MD 32.6 Healthy -0.1
Allegan County, MI 32.6 Healthy -0.1

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