Scores by category

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

Safety84#2,573/15,637
Economy71#4,606/15,631
Housing72#4,238/14,977
Health52#7,446/15,609
Healthcare66#5,309/15,650
Environment47#8,169/15,453
Education73#4,180/15,649
Infrastructure49#7,936/15,650
Community60#6,259/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,363/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Math scores · high3.54
98/100Indiana 3.19United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHancock County value
Job growth · high4.3%
97/100Indiana -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHancock County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Indiana 5.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHancock County value
Flu vaccinations · high55.0%
93/100Indiana 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHancock County value
New homes permitted · high12.6 /1k
91/100Indiana 3.9 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Indiana 7.8United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHancock County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
4/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHancock County value
Dentists · low31 /100k
12/100Indiana 61 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHancock County value
Restaurants and bars · low5.8 /10k
18/100Indiana 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHancock County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.7 µg/m³
20/100Indiana 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHancock County value
Mental health providers · low142 /100k
23/100Indiana 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHancock County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.7 /10k
23/100Indiana 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHancock County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
5,718 (2015-2019) → 6,267 (2020-2024)
+9.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
31.3% (2015-2019) → 56.1% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.3% (2015-2019) → 34.1% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.4% (2015-2019) → 91.0% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
14.4% (2015-2019) → 8.5% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$69,711 (2015-2019) → $87,364 (2020-2024)
+25%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, Cumberland, Indiana improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Cumberland, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.9 min2015-2019	24.2 min2020-2024	−1.7 min	Within the margin of error	68%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%2015-2019	28.1%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Broadband subscriptions	83.4%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Effective property tax rate	1.08%2015-2019	0.98%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
High school diploma or higher	94.1%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	48%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3952015-2019	0.3842020-2024	−0.011	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$69,7112015-2019	$87,3642020-2024	+25%	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent as share of income	24.3%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Rent-burdened households	31.3%2015-2019	56.1%2020-2024	+25 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.6%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	12%

“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 Cumberland, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cumberland, 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, Cumberland, Indiana itself moved −14.5 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

6,267 residents (±435)

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: 80 and over men (+1.5 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

6,267 residents (±435)

Cumberland, Indiana
Indiana share

White71%4,480
Black10%†656
Hispanic or Latino9.4%†591

Education

4,264 residents (±400)

Cumberland, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma7.7%†330
High school or GED35%1,473
Some college17%738

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

2,586 households (±306)

Cumberland, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k10%†269
$25k–50k15%†386
$50k–75k17%†443
$75k–100k13%†324
$100k–150k23%†593
$150k–200k16%†410
$200k or more6.2%†161

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+10.7 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 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

2,586 households (±306)

Cumberland, Indiana
Indiana share

Own71%1,844
Rent29%742

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

722 households (±201)

Cumberland, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $7503.0%†22
$750–1,00025%†182
$1,000–1,50049%†352

Home values

1,844 homes (±317)

Cumberland, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k18%†328
$150k–250k36%†657
$250k–400k36%†655

Age of homes

2,626 homes (±304)

Cumberland, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later10%†271
2000–200913%†337
1980–199932%850

Size of homes

2,626 homes (±304)

Cumberland, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom7.3%†191
2 bedrooms24%†637

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

3,226 workers (±443)

Cumberland, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone85%2,739
Carpool4.3%†140
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.8%†25
Bike0.0%0
Work from home10.0%†322
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.3 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

2,904 workers (±454)

Cumberland, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min20%†593
15–29 min34%975
30–44 min31%†910

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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, 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 Hancock County, the county holding most of Cumberland's residents.

Hancock County has 1,634 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Indiana's), with 25,531 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,315. The Census Bureau also counts 6,889 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,634; 6,889 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 25,531
Average annual pay: $56,315; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	162	18.8	1.21×About typical	1,059	$57,914	496
Ambulatory health care services	116	13.5	0.65×Fewer than typical	944	$69,851	237
Restaurants and other eating places	114	13.2	0.72×Fewer than typical	2,509	$19,618	30
Services to buildings and dwellings	86	10	1.48×More than typical	1,089	$35,446	419
Building equipment contractors	72	8.4	1.39×More than typical	438	$57,662	99
Lessors of real estate	68	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	146	$43,356	617
Construction of buildings	65	7.5	1.00×About typical	249	$47,635	161
Truck transportation	58	6.7	1.33×More than typical	523	$65,463	315
Landscaping services	56	6.5	1.86×More than typical	517	$44,654	172
Religious organizations	56	6.5	1.17×About typical	564	$24,138	—
Limited-service restaurants	50	5.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	1,214	$17,348	15
Management, scientific and technical consulting	48	5.6	0.83×About typical	396	$81,449	245

Rank places for an industry Open Hancock County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 86,159 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 $73.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cumberland, Indiana: $11.76 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $73.7K
Per resident: $11.76; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.6%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$71.1K96%
Department of the Army$2,6503.6%

Top recipients

GHOST RX INC.$71.1K96%
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.$2,6503.6%

Spending by fiscal year

71.5KFY2017
41.7KFY2018
43.8KFY2019
13.3KFY2020
11.9KFY2021
339.1KFY2022
793.7KFY2023
319.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Employment services · 5613$71.1K96%
Software publishers · 5112$2,6503.6%

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 Cumberland, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Cumberland, Indiana's figures are part of those of Hancock County, IN and Marion County, IN ($1.9B 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: Cumberland is mostly in Hancock County.

See federal money in Hancock 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.

Cumberland, 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.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN68

Other cities and towns in Hancock 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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