Town · Carroll County, Indiana

Flora, Indiana

Flora is a town in Carroll County, Indiana, part of the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area. It has 2,114 residents. Flora, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,256 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #168 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on homicide rate (low), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,256 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #168 of 353 in IN
Population: 2,114 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,841.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 1823692

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety68#5,056/15,637
Economy27#11,404/15,631
Housing78#3,326/14,977
Health41#9,253/15,609
Healthcare26#11,533/15,650
Environment53#7,300/15,453
Education13#13,571/15,649
Infrastructure44#8,830/15,650
Community62#6,026/15,651
Leisure & amenities38#9,740/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Indiana 5.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCarroll County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.353
92/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Public libraries · high1.9 /10k
91/100Indiana 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCarroll County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.5%
87/100Indiana 9.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Grocery stores · high2.4 /10k
87/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarroll County value
Median Air Quality Index · low35
86/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCarroll County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low10 /100k
1/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.9 /10k
10/100Indiana 3.8 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarroll County value
Public EV charging ports · low1.0 /10k
11/100Indiana 3.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyCarroll County value
Distance to an emergency room · high11.6 mi
12/100Indiana 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCarroll County value
Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
13/100Indiana 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarroll County value
New business applications · low8.8 /1k
13/100Indiana 12.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauCarroll County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,013 (2015-2019) → 2,114 (2020-2024)
+5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.4% (2015-2019) → 87.2% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.7× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+81%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
21.8% (2015-2019) → 36.4% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
9.5% (2015-2019) → 2.5% (2020-2024)
−7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
17.7% (2015-2019) → 22.8% (2020-2024)
+5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Flora, Indiana improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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.

Improved1

Broadband+19 points68.4% → 87.2%

Declined1

Price / income+1.4×1.7× → 3.1×

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Flora, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.5 min2015-2019	21.8 min2020-2024	−3.6 min	Within the margin of error	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%2015-2019	15.3%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Broadband subscriptions	68.4%2015-2019	87.2%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.76%2015-2019	0.65%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	38%
High school diploma or higher	83.4%2015-2019	79.7%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	11%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3612015-2019	0.3532020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$50,9622015-2019	$51,4292020-2024	+0.9%	Within the margin of error	8%
Rent as share of income	17.7%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent-burdened households	21.8%2015-2019	36.4%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	15%

“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 Flora, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Flora, 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, Flora, Indiana itself moved −4.8 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

2,114 residents (±264)

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

904 households (±118)

Flora, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k18%†162
$25k–50k31%†282
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

904 households (±118)

Flora, Indiana
Indiana share

Own69%626
Rent31%278

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,034 workers (±167)

Flora, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone87%896
Carpool6.7%†69
Public transit0.8%†8

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 Lafayette-West Lafayette, 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 Carroll County, the county holding most of Flora's residents.

Carroll County has 405 employer establishments, 197 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Indiana's), with 5,264 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,074. The Census Bureau also counts 1,456 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 405; 1,456 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 197; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 5,264
Average annual pay: $47,074; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	39	19	1.23×About typical	228	$59,421	129
Truck transportation	31	15.1	2.98×More than typical	150	$58,693	49
Restaurants and other eating places	28	13.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	304	$16,263	7
Construction of buildings	24	11.7	1.54×More than typical	77	$44,338	75
Religious organizations	24	11.7	2.10×More than typical	81	$20,272	—
Ambulatory health care services	20	9.7	0.47×Fewer than typical	110	$42,455	33
Lessors of real estate	16	7.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	34	$36,706	208
Limited-service restaurants	15	7.3	0.91×About typical	205	$13,756	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	12	5.8	1.16×About typical	42	$49,167	17
Services to buildings and dwellings	12	5.8	0.87×About typical	134	$35,515	119
Full-service restaurants	11	5.4	0.70×Fewer than typical	96	$21,594	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	11	5.4	1.22×About typical	41	$58,049	16

Rank places for an industry Open Carroll County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,556 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: Flora is mostly in Carroll County.

See federal money in Carroll 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.

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

House

James R. BairdR-IN-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 6.2%

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.

Carroll County51100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN67

Other cities and towns in Carroll 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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