Town · Warrick County, Indiana

Newburgh, Indiana

Newburgh is a town in Warrick County, Indiana, part of the Evansville, IN metro area. It has 3,395 residents. Newburgh, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 73 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,273 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #31 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on primary care physicians (high), math scores (high) and hospital quality rating (high). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), comfortable days (low) and suicide rate (high).

73High

Quality-of-life score: #4,273 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #31 of 353 in IN
Population: 3,395 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,275.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 1852650

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety51#7,640/15,637
Economy70#4,676/15,631
Housing95#691/14,977
Health69#4,896/15,609
Healthcare82#2,760/15,650
Environment21#12,243/15,453
Education83#2,663/15,649
Infrastructure55#7,077/15,650
Community79#3,244/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,792/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Primary care physicians · high158 /100k
99/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWarrick County value
Math scores · high3.56
98/100Indiana 3.19United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWarrick County value
Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Indiana 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWarrick County value
Reading scores · high3.49
97/100Indiana 3.08United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWarrick County value
Rent as share of income · low19.4%
97/100Indiana 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Mammography screening · high57.0%
96/100Indiana 49.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWarrick County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
3/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWarrick County value
Comfortable days · low22.8%
6/100Indiana 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWarrick County value
Suicide rate · high25.8 /100k
8/100Indiana 16.1 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWarrick County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high100 mi
10/100Indiana 29 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauWarrick County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.0 µg/m³
11/100Indiana 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWarrick County value
Public EV charging ports · low1.2 /10k
13/100Indiana 3.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyWarrick County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
69.6% (2015-2019) → 22.1% (2020-2024)
−48 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
39.0% (2015-2019) → 19.4% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.2% (2015-2019) → 93.9% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
6.8 /1k (2021) → 2.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−70%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
25.5% (2015-2019) → 35.1% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
12.0% (2015-2019) → 3.5% (2020-2024)
−8.5 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, Newburgh, Indiana improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved2

Rent burden−48 points69.6% → 22.1%
Rent / income−20 points39.0% → 19.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Newburgh, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.0 min2015-2019	20.1 min2020-2024	+2.2 min	Within the margin of error	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%2015-2019	35.1%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Broadband subscriptions	76.2%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+18 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
High school diploma or higher	92.0%2015-2019	97.7%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5312015-2019	0.4692020-2024	−0.062	Within the margin of error	88%
Median household income	$56,6112015-2019	$75,1352020-2024	+33%	Within the margin of error	61%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	39.0%2015-2019	19.4%2020-2024	−20 points	Improved	99%
Rent-burdened households	69.6%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	−48 points	Improved	99%

“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 Newburgh, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Newburgh, 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, Newburgh, Indiana itself moved +27.7 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

3,395 residents (±21)

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

1,647 households (±198)

Newburgh, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k7.8%†128
$25k–50k17%†277
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,647 households (±198)

Newburgh, Indiana
Indiana share

Own75%1,228
Rent25%†419

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

1,502 workers (±231)

Newburgh, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone83%1,249
Carpool3.7%†56
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 Evansville, 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 Warrick County, the county holding most of Newburgh's residents.

Warrick County has 1,270 employer establishments, 192 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Indiana's), with 16,783 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,272. The Census Bureau also counts 4,623 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,270; 4,623 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 192; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 16,783
Average annual pay: $58,272; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	145	22	1.05×About typical	2,044	$90,794	297
Specialty trade contractors	99	15	0.97×About typical	1,081	$89,151	265
Restaurants and other eating places	81	12.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	1,507	$19,034	13
Offices of physicians	68	10.3	1.59×More than typical	1,306	$109,245	116
Lessors of real estate	59	8.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	164	$41,000	534
Services to buildings and dwellings	54	8.2	1.21×About typical	485	$40,210	291
Construction of buildings	49	7.4	0.98×About typical	152	$40,592	122
Religious organizations	47	7.1	1.28×More than typical	278	$21,446	—
Limited-service restaurants	41	6.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	848	$15,278	5
Landscaping services	37	5.6	1.60×More than typical	278	$44,475	143
Management, scientific and technical consulting	34	5.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	201	$44,114	177
Automotive repair and maintenance	33	5	0.99×About typical	165	$45,473	70

Rank places for an industry Open Warrick County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 65,986 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 $223.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Newburgh, Indiana: $65.82 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $223.5K; +9.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $65.82; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$221.3K99%
Department of the Army$2,8851.3%

Top recipients

ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC$221.3K99%
CAP 360 LLC$2,8851.3%
SOUTH WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS INC-$7710.0%

Spending by fiscal year

119.5KFY2017
121.4KFY2018
153.4KFY2019
190.5KFY2020
254.9KFY2021
277.3KFY2022
272KFY2023
255.7K

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$221.3K99%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$2,8851.3%

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

Newburgh, Indiana's figures are part of those of Warrick County, IN ($7M in FY2026), never added to them: 3.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Warrick 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.

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

House

Mark B. MessmerR-IN-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.9%

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.

Warrick County82100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Evansville, IN62

Other cities and towns in Warrick 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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