Town · Marshall County, Indiana

Bourbon, Indiana

Bourbon is a town in Marshall County, Indiana, part of the Plymouth, IN metro area. It has 1,760 residents. Bourbon, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,029 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #117 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), drought exposure (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on adult obesity (high), depression (high) and primary care shortage (high).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,029 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #117 of 353 in IN
Population: 1,760 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,528.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1806760

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety86#2,171/15,637
Economy43#8,938/15,631
Housing93#1,014/14,977
Health26#11,590/15,609
Healthcare39#9,623/15,650
Environment39#9,429/15,453
Education47#8,276/15,649
Infrastructure40#9,460/15,650
Community52#7,455/15,651
Leisure & amenities24#11,913/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bourbon, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marshall 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

Property crime rate · low361 /100k
95/100Indiana 1,052 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMarshall County value
Drought exposure · low1%
94/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMarshall County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Indiana 5.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMarshall County value
Social associations · high15.3 /10k
92/100Indiana 11.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Natural hazard risk · low5.6
91/100Indiana 24.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMarshall County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low120 min
88/100Indiana 148 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMarshall County value

Weaknesses

Adult obesity · high42.7%
10/100Indiana 39.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · high28.1%
14/100Indiana 25.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Primary care shortage · high16.0
14/100Indiana 7.8United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMarshall County value
Comfortable days · low23.7%
18/100Indiana 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMarshall County value
Dental care shortage · high16.0
18/100Indiana 6.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMarshall County value
Voter turnout · low59.0%
20/100Indiana 59.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionMarshall County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,023 (2015-2019) → 1,760 (2020-2024)
−13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
12.6% (2015-2019) → 24.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.9% (2015-2019) → 86.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
48.7% (2015-2019) → 38.7% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
86.2% (2015-2019) → 94.5% (2020-2024)
+8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$54,333 (2015-2019) → $73,510 (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Bourbon, Indiana improved on 4 of 14 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.

Improved4

Bachelor's++12 points12.6% → 24.7%
Uninsured−6.7 points9.9% → 3.3%
Broadband+11 points74.9% → 86.2%
Household income+35%$54,333 → $73,510

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Bourbon, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	20.8 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	94%
Broadband subscriptions	74.9%2015-2019	86.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	66%
Effective property tax rate	0.81%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	86.2%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	63%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4012015-2019	0.4092020-2024	+0.009	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$54,3332015-2019	$73,5102020-2024	+35%	Improved	66%
Poverty rate	11.2%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Rent-burdened households	48.7%2015-2019	38.7%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Unemployment rate	3.9%2015-2019	4.3%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.9%2015-2019	3.3%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Improved	91%

“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 Bourbon, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bourbon, 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, Bourbon, Indiana itself moved +12.5 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

1,760 residents (±270)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−3.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,760 residents (±270)

Bourbon, Indiana
Indiana share

White90%1,585
Black0.6%†10
Hispanic or Latino4.3%†75

Education

1,066 residents (±163)

Bourbon, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma5.5%†59
High school or GED36%382
Some college24%255

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

703 households (±111)

Bourbon, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k13%†88
$25k–50k23%†160
$50k–75k17%†119
$75k–100k17%†118
$100k–150k19%†134
$150k–200k6.5%†46
$200k or more5.4%†38

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−11.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

703 households (±111)

Bourbon, Indiana
Indiana share

Own68%475
Rent32%†228

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

212 households (±68)

Bourbon, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $75031%†66
$750–1,00026%†55
$1,000–1,50039%†82

Home values

475 homes (±96)

Bourbon, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k34%163
$150k–250k57%†269
$250k–400k5.7%†27

Age of homes

781 homes (±119)

Bourbon, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later2.8%†22
2000–20093.5%†27
1980–199915%†120

Size of homes

781 homes (±119)

Bourbon, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio0.5%†4
1 bedroom9.5%†74
2 bedrooms20%159

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

941 workers (±192)

Bourbon, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone69%649
Carpool10.0%†94
Public transit0.0%0
Walk6.0%†56
Bike6.3%†59
Work from home7.2%†68
Other1.6%†15

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (+4.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

873 workers (±185)

Bourbon, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min26%†223
15–29 min52%453
30–44 min13%†114

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Plymouth, IN

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 Marshall County, the county holding most of Bourbon's residents.

Marshall County has 1,108 employer establishments, 239 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 1.06× Indiana's), with 18,275 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,940. The Census Bureau also counts 3,200 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,108; 3,200 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 239; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 18,275
Average annual pay: $47,940; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	78	16.9	1.09×About typical	487	$57,663	280
Restaurants and other eating places	76	16.4	0.89×About typical	1,346	$17,212	14
Ambulatory health care services	58	12.5	0.60×Fewer than typical	624	$51,673	78
Religious organizations	52	11.2	2.03×More than typical	362	$30,931	—
Limited-service restaurants	37	8	1.00×About typical	792	$15,352	6
Construction of buildings	34	7.3	0.97×About typical	153	$54,850	145
Automotive repair and maintenance	31	6.7	1.33×More than typical	398	$61,857	59
Full-service restaurants	31	6.7	0.87×About typical	489	$21,168	4
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	30	6.5	4.06×More than typical	1,146	$61,540	19
Services to buildings and dwellings	30	6.5	0.96×About typical	209	$49,033	242
Lessors of real estate	28	6.1	0.49×Fewer than typical	126	$45,698	355
Insurance agencies and brokerages	26	5.6	1.28×More than typical	279	$71,301	61

Rank places for an industry Open Marshall County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 46,269 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Marshall 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.

Bourbon, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Rudy Yakym IIIR-IN-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Marshall County53100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Plymouth, IN41

Other cities and towns in Marshall 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
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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