Town · Newton County, Indiana

Morocco, Indiana

Morocco is a town in Newton County, Indiana, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area. It has 1,040 residents. Morocco, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 28 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,222 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #257 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), rent as share of income (low) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), primary care physicians (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

28Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,222 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #257 of 353 in IN
Population: 1,040 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 976.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1851138

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.

Safety16#13,118/15,637
Economy38#9,735/15,631
Housing98#274/14,977
Health25#11,730/15,609
Healthcare16#13,191/15,650
Environment63#5,755/15,453
Education40#9,438/15,649
Infrastructure48#8,187/15,650
Community21#12,330/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,604/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public libraries · high4.3 /10k
98/100Indiana 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesNewton County value
Rent as share of income · low20.2%
96/100Indiana 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Pharmacies · high2.8 /10k
94/100Indiana 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNewton County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
94/100Indiana 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public EV charging ports · high18.3 /10k
94/100Indiana 3.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyNewton County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.362
89/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low7 /100k
0/100Indiana 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNewton County value
Primary care physicians · low7 /100k
0/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNewton County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low19.1%
1/100Indiana 76.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNewton County value
Dentists · low14 /100k
2/100Indiana 61 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNewton County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low7.3%
3/100Indiana 29.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Indiana 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNewton County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,146 (2015-2019) → 1,040 (2020-2024)
−9.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
2.7 /1k (2021) → 5.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+110%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.9% (2015-2019) → 89.7% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
20.6% (2015-2019) → 12.2% (2020-2024)
−8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,250 (2015-2019) → $61,767 (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
12.4% (2015-2019) → 7.0% (2020-2024)
−5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Morocco, Indiana improved on 1 of 11 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.

Improved1

Household income+34%$46,250 → $61,767

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Morocco, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	41.3 min2015-2019	32.6 min2020-2024	−8.7 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%2015-2019	7.3%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Broadband subscriptions	80.9%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Effective property tax rate	1.01%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	38%
High school diploma or higher	87.0%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3302015-2019	0.3622020-2024	+0.032	Within the margin of error	25%
Median household income	$46,2502015-2019	$61,7672020-2024	+34%	Improved	63%
Poverty rate	8.4%2015-2019	7.0%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent as share of income	21.7%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.4%2015-2019	7.0%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Within the margin of error	88%

“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 Morocco, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Morocco, 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, Morocco, Indiana itself moved +0.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,040 residents (±232)

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

439 households (±86)

Morocco, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k15%†64
$25k–50k27%†117
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

439 households (±86)

Morocco, Indiana
Indiana share

Own78%344
Rent22%†95

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

468 workers (±123)

Morocco, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone82%383
Carpool13%†61
Public transit0.0%0

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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-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 Newton County, the county holding most of Morocco's residents.

Newton County has 232 employer establishments, 165 for every 10,000 residents (0.67× the US rate of 248; 0.73× Indiana's), with 2,151 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,046. The Census Bureau also counts 843 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 232; 843 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 165; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 2,151
Average annual pay: $43,046; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	21	15	0.97×About typical	73	$42,726	87
Truck transportation	20	14.3	2.82×More than typical	34	$47,382	57
Restaurants and other eating places	17	12.1	0.66×Fewer than typical	379	$22,842	7
Full-service restaurants	12	8.6	1.11×About typical	268	$22,325	4
Banks and credit unions	9	6.4	1.99×Too few to compare	76	$53,605	—
Legal services	9	6.4	1.19×Too few to compare	19	$36,895	4
Lessors of real estate	9	6.4	0.52×Too few to compare	21	$43,810	99
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	8	5.7	1.81×Too few to compare	20	$46,700	21
Religious organizations	8	5.7	1.03×Too few to compare	28	$21,429	—
Ambulatory health care services	7	5	0.24×Too few to compare	33	$51,303	20
Building equipment contractors	7	5	0.83×Too few to compare	34	$41,000	15
Construction of buildings	7	5	0.66×Too few to compare	10	$38,100	34

Rank places for an industry Open Newton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,027 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 Morocco, 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

416.9FY2022
432.6FY2023

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

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

See federal money in Newton 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.

Morocco, 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.

Newton County35100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN66

Other cities and towns in Newton 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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