City · Fountain County, Indiana

Attica, Indiana

Attica is a city in Fountain County, Indiana. It has 3,238 residents. Attica, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 44 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,705 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #144 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on grocery stores (high), home price to income ratio (low) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), bachelor's degree or higher (low) and average weekly wage (low).

44Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,705 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #144 of 353 in IN
Population: 3,238 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,736.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1802620

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety70#4,670/15,637
Economy24#11,854/15,631
Housing90#1,489/14,977
Health18#12,810/15,609
Healthcare13#13,607/15,650
Environment65#5,438/15,453
Education41#9,238/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,114/15,650
Community48#8,208/15,651
Leisure & amenities64#5,613/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Attica, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fountain County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Grocery stores · high3.5 /10k
97/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFountain County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
97/100Indiana 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Pharmacies · high2.9 /10k
95/100Indiana 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFountain County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Indiana 5.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFountain County value
Public libraries · high2.4 /10k
93/100Indiana 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesFountain County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.362
90/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low18 /100k
4/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFountain County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low10.7%
8/100Indiana 29.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Average weekly wage · low$921
8/100Indiana $1,251United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFountain County value
Distance to an emergency room · high14.2 mi
8/100Indiana 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFountain County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,009 /100k
9/100Indiana 3,202 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFountain County value
New business applications · low8.5 /1k
10/100Indiana 12.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauFountain County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedWorsening
20.6 /1k (2021) → 3.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−85%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.9% (2015-2019) → 90.8% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$49,167 (2015-2019) → $68,931 (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherWorsening
90.0% (2015-2019) → 84.4% (2020-2024)
−5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
46.1% (2015-2019) → 40.7% (2020-2024)
−5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
15.8% (2015-2019) → 10.7% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Attica, Indiana improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Inequality−0.0990.461 → 0.362
Broadband+16 points74.9% → 90.8%
Household income+40%$49,167 → $68,931

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Attica, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.8 min2015-2019	24.7 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	49%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%2015-2019	10.7%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Broadband subscriptions	74.9%2015-2019	90.8%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	21.6%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Effective property tax rate	0.67%2015-2019	0.66%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	17%
High school diploma or higher	90.0%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	85%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4612015-2019	0.3622020-2024	−0.099	Improved	95%
Median household income	$49,1672015-2019	$68,9312020-2024	+40%	Improved	74%
Poverty rate	15.9%2015-2019	16.6%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent as share of income	25.1%2015-2019	23.9%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent-burdened households	46.1%2015-2019	40.7%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2015-2019	11.5%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Attica, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Attica, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Attica, Indiana itself moved +6.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,238 residents (±159)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,291 households (±138)

Attica, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k15%†191
$25k–50k20%†255
$50k–75k25%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,291 households (±138)

Attica, Indiana
Indiana share

Own65%837
Rent35%454

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,537 workers (±188)

Attica, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone74%1,135
Carpool16%†245
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Fountain County, the county holding most of Attica's residents.

Fountain County has 332 employer establishments, 199 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Indiana's), with 4,384 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,885. The Census Bureau also counts 1,031 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 332; 1,031 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 199; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 4,384
Average annual pay: $53,885; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Fountain County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	23	13.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	325	$16,923	5
Religious organizations	22	13.2	2.38×More than typical	97	$22,134	—
Specialty trade contractors	16	9.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	48	$61,104	97
Ambulatory health care services	15	9	0.43×Fewer than typical	454	$119,412	19
Truck transportation	15	9	1.78×More than typical	91	$64,451	50
Banks and credit unions	14	8.4	2.60×More than typical	129	$60,953	—
Gasoline stations	13	7.8	2.41×More than typical	94	$26,479	—
Limited-service restaurants	11	6.6	0.82×About typical	229	$16,371	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	6	1.19×About typical	39	$50,487	25
Full-service restaurants	9	5.4	0.70×Too few to compare	88	$18,239	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	9	5.4	0.80×Too few to compare	44	$25,182	63
Lessors of real estate	8	4.8	0.39×Too few to compare	26	$23,000	131

Rank places for an industry Open Fountain County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,669 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Attica, Indiana: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

6.4KFY2017
1.5KFY2018
1.3KFY2019
6.7KFY2020

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Attica, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Attica, Indiana's figures are part of those of Fountain County, IN ($114.6K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Attica is mostly in Fountain County.

See federal money in Fountain County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Attica, Indiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Fountain County61100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Fountain County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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