Town · Starke County, Indiana

North Judson, Indiana

North Judson is a town in Starke County, Indiana. It has 1,823 residents. North Judson, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 24 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,923 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #291 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on drought exposure (low), public libraries (high) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on hospital quality rating (low), primary care physicians (low) and preventable hospital stays (high).

24Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,923 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #291 of 353 in IN
Population: 1,823 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,650.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 1854900

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety40#9,337/15,637
Economy25#11,768/15,631
Housing89#1,697/14,977
Health14#13,350/15,609
Healthcare8#14,324/15,650
Environment68#4,903/15,453
Education20#12,544/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,148/15,650
Community41#9,175/15,651
Leisure & amenities5#14,824/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAStarke County value
Public libraries · high2.1 /10k
92/100Indiana 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesStarke County value
Job growth · high2.6%
92/100Indiana -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataStarke County value
Pharmacies · high2.6 /10k
91/100Indiana 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStarke County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low114 min
90/100Indiana 148 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesStarke County value
Natural hazard risk · low6.1
90/100Indiana 24.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyStarke County value

Weaknesses

Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100Indiana 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesStarke County value
Primary care physicians · low13 /100k
2/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStarke County value
Preventable hospital stays · high5,026 /100k
2/100Indiana 3,202 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStarke County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Indiana 3.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyStarke County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Indiana 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStarke County value
Average weekly wage · low$885
4/100Indiana $1,251United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStarke County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,074 (2015-2019) → 1,823 (2020-2024)
−12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.6% (2015-2019) → 89.8% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
23.5% (2015-2019) → 12.9% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
35.0% (2015-2019) → 41.4% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 2.4× (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
6.6% (2015-2019) → 10.1% (2020-2024)
+3.6 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, North Judson, Indiana improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved1

Broadband+12 points77.6% → 89.8%

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×2.0× → 2.4×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of North Judson, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.1 min2015-2019	28.6 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Broadband subscriptions	77.6%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	70%
Effective property tax rate	0.74%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	12%
High school diploma or higher	80.2%2015-2019	79.9%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	49%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3852015-2019	0.4142020-2024	+0.028	Within the margin of error	28%
Median household income	$48,7502015-2019	$55,0862020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	20%
Poverty rate	18.8%2015-2019	16.2%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	25.6%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	35.0%2015-2019	41.4%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	16%

“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 North Judson, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of North Judson, 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, North Judson, Indiana itself moved −5.6 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

1,823 residents (±279)

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 women (−4.2 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

1,823 residents (±279)

North Judson, Indiana
Indiana share

White88%1,599
Black0.5%†9
Hispanic or Latino6.7%†122

Education

1,194 residents (±186)

North Judson, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma20%†240
High school or GED37%437
Some college22%259

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

736 households (±119)

North Judson, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k22%†163
$25k–50k23%†172
$50k–75k25%†185
$75k–100k12%†87
$100k–150k15%†112
$150k–200k1.2%†9
$200k or more1.1%†8

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 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

736 households (±119)

North Judson, Indiana
Indiana share

Own65%481
Rent35%255

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

239 households (±65)

North Judson, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $75046%†111
$750–1,00034%†81
$1,000–1,50018%†43

Home values

481 homes (±100)

North Judson, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k63%303
$150k–250k26%127
$250k–400k9.6%†46

Age of homes

869 homes (±132)

North Judson, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later3.1%†27
2000–20094.8%†42
1980–199912%†105

Size of homes

869 homes (±132)

North Judson, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio0.6%†5
1 bedroom13%†111
2 bedrooms27%231

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

735 workers (±137)

North Judson, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone84%621
Carpool7.1%†52
Public transit0.0%0
Walk7.2%†53
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.2%†9
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

726 workers (±134)

North Judson, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min29%†213
15–29 min19%†139
30–44 min32%†233

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

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 Starke County, the county holding most of North Judson's residents.

Starke County has 319 employer establishments, 137 for every 10,000 residents (0.55× the US rate of 248; 0.60× Indiana's), with 3,394 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,897. The Census Bureau also counts 1,218 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 319; 1,218 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 137; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 3,394
Average annual pay: $42,897; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	22	9.4	0.51×Fewer than typical	351	$17,806	8
Specialty trade contractors	22	9.4	0.61×Fewer than typical	114	$57,702	138
Religious organizations	17	7.3	1.31×More than typical	80	$17,975	—
Ambulatory health care services	16	6.9	0.33×Fewer than typical	153	$53,000	28
Truck transportation	14	6	1.19×About typical	35	$45,457	88
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	5.6	1.11×About typical	46	$50,391	33
Full-service restaurants	13	5.6	0.73×Fewer than typical	164	$14,774	3
Construction of buildings	12	5.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	15	$69,333	68
Gasoline stations	12	5.1	1.59×More than typical	75	$29,133	—
Lessors of real estate	11	4.7	0.38×Fewer than typical	17	$21,529	106
Building equipment contractors	10	4.3	0.71×Fewer than typical	70	$68,071	28
General merchandise stores	10	4.3	2.43×More than typical	195	$37,308	10

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 23,309 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: North Judson is mostly in Starke County.

See federal money in Starke 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.

North Judson, 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.

Starke County31100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Starke 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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