Whitley County, Indiana

County Distress Index: Healthy · 31.5 | 34,742 people · 82nd most distressed in Indiana

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Whitley County, IN ranks among the least distressed counties in the country at 31.5 — 2832nd nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Debt & Delinquency, where debt and delinquency rates remain below the national norm. Within Indiana, it ranks 82nd 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. Whitley County's primary driver is Debt & Delinquency at 41.2 — above the national median.

Debt & Delinquency Primary driver 41.2
Debt in Collections 25
Medical Debt 36
Student Loan Delinquency 36
Auto Loan Delinquency 42
Credit Card Delinquency 26
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 83
Community Vulnerability 38.8
Uninsured Rate 47
Disability Rate 30
Employment & Wages 37.5
Unemployment Rate 6
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 29
Business Formation Rate 77
Housing Cost Burden 25.4
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 38
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 16
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 39
Homeownership Rate 18
Rent-to-Income Ratio 16
Income & Poverty 14.6
Poverty Rate 10
Income vs. State Median 22
Child Poverty Rate 12

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

Neighbors and Peers

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

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Whitley County
Whitley County, IN 31.5 Healthy
Allen County, IN 43.8 Normal +12.3
Wabash County, IN 42.6 Normal +11.1
Noble County, IN 42.5 Normal +11.0
Kosciusko County, IN 40.3 Normal +8.8
Huntington County, IN 38.5 Normal +7.0

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Whitley County
Washington County, IA 31.5 Healthy +0.0
Henry County, OH 31.5 Healthy +0.0
Teton County, ID 31.5 Healthy +0.0
Walsh County, ND 31.5 Healthy +0.1
Franklin County, ID 31.4 Healthy -0.1

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