Indiana County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 92 counties in Indiana, scored 0–100 across five domains. A county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than; the average Indiana county scores 41.7. 9 counties score high, very high, or extreme.
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Urban Institute, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts | Scores as of Aug 2026
Indiana Snapshot
92 Counties Scored
41.7 Mean Score
39.7 Median Score
85 Delaware County Most Distressed
2 Hamilton County Least Distressed
7 very high county distress2 high county distress9 moderate-high county distress16 moderate county distress11 moderate-low county distress14 low-moderate county distress20 low county distress9 very low county distress4 exceptionally low county distress
Score Label Distribution Indiana County Map
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Low county distress Moderate-low county distress Moderate county distress High county distress Extreme county distress
All 92 Indiana counties colored by county distress score range. Hover for details; click released counties for full reports.
Most & Least Distressed
Most Distressed
Least Distressed
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 | — | Delaware County | 85 | very high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 2 | — | Wayne County | 84 | very high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 3 | — | Marion County | 83 | very high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 4 | — | Vigo County | 82 | very high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 5 | — | Lake County | 82 | very high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 6 | — | Grant County | 81 | very high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 7 | — | Fayette County | 80 | very high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 8 | — | Howard County | 79 | high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 9 | — | Madison County | 76 | high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 10 | — | Scott County | 69 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 11 | — | Crawford County | 66 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 12 | — | St. Joseph County | 64 | moderate-high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 13 | — | LaPorte County | 64 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 14 | — | Vermillion County | 61 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 15 | — | Jay County | 61 | moderate-high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 16 | — | Switzerland County | 61 | moderate-high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 17 | — | Miami County | 60 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 18 | — | Fulton County | 60 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 19 | — | Cass County | 58 | moderate county distress | Delinquency |
| 20 | — | Elkhart County | 58 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 21 | — | Randolph County | 58 | moderate county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 22 | — | Jennings County | 57 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 23 | — | Vanderburgh County | 57 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 24 | — | Ohio County | 57 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 25 | — | Starke County | 56 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 26 | — | Washington County | 55 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 27 | — | Blackford County | 55 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 28 | — | Greene County | 53 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 29 | — | Benton County | 51 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 30 | — | Shelby County | 51 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 31 | — | Allen County | 51 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 32 | — | Newton County | 50 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 33 | — | Sullivan County | 50 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 34 | — | Morgan County | 50 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 35 | — | Clark County | 49 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 36 | — | Henry County | 49 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 37 | — | Jefferson County | 48 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 38 | — | Parke County | 47 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 39 | — | Rush County | 46 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 40 | — | Knox County | 45 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 41 | — | Lawrence County | 44 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 42 | — | Tippecanoe County | 43 | moderate-low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 43 | — | Orange County | 42 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 44 | — | Clay County | 41 | moderate-low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 45 | — | Bartholomew County | 40 | moderate-low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 46 | — | Jackson County | 39 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 47 | — | Perry County | 39 | low-moderate county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 48 | — | Owen County | 37 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 49 | — | Montgomery County | 37 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 50 | — | Floyd County | 36 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 51 | — | Monroe County | 35 | low-moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 52 | — | Porter County | 35 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 53 | — | Decatur County | 35 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 54 | — | Jasper County | 34 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 55 | — | White County | 33 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 56 | — | Kosciusko County | 33 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 57 | — | Pulaski County | 33 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 58 | — | Brown County | 32 | low-moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 59 | — | Clinton County | 30 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 60 | — | Noble County | 29 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 61 | — | Ripley County | 28 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 62 | — | Steuben County | 27 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 63 | — | Wabash County | 27 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 64 | — | Marshall County | 27 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 65 | — | Daviess County | 27 | low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 66 | — | Johnson County | 26 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 67 | — | Dearborn County | 26 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 68 | — | Huntington County | 25 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 69 | — | Union County | 25 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 70 | — | Tipton County | 24 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 71 | — | Pike County | 23 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 72 | — | Harrison County | 23 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 73 | — | Adams County | 23 | low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 74 | — | Gibson County | 22 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 75 | — | Hendricks County | 22 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 76 | — | Fountain County | 22 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 77 | — | Martin County | 21 | low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 78 | — | DeKalb County | 21 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 79 | — | Putnam County | 20 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 80 | — | Carroll County | 18 | very low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 81 | — | Wells County | 17 | very low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 82 | — | LaGrange County | 17 | very low county distress | Labor |
| 83 | — | Whitley County | 16 | very low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 84 | — | Warrick County | 15 | very low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 85 | — | Hancock County | 14 | very low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 86 | — | Posey County | 13 | very low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 87 | — | Warren County | 12 | very low county distress | Delinquency |
| 88 | — | Franklin County | 12 | very low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 89 | — | Spencer County | 7 | exceptionally low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 90 | — | Boone County | 6 | exceptionally low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 91 | — | Dubois County | 5 | exceptionally low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 92 | 3,055 | Hamilton County | 2 | exceptionally 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, the domains are averaged, and that average is ranked against every U.S. county. So a county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than. National ranks are shown only for the 100 most and 100 least distressed counties, because ranks in between move between updates. Counties with identical composite scores share a rank, marked T- for tied.
extreme county distress — 0 Indiana counties
very high county distress — 7 Indiana counties
high county distress — 2 Indiana counties
moderate-high county distress — 9 Indiana counties
moderate county distress — 16 Indiana counties
moderate-low county distress — 11 Indiana counties
low-moderate county distress — 14 Indiana counties
low county distress — 20 Indiana counties
very low county distress — 9 Indiana counties
exceptionally low county distress — 4 Indiana counties