Scores by category

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

Safety70#4,615/15,637
Economy34#10,359/15,631
Housing98#232/14,977
Health40#9,299/15,609
Healthcare53#7,349/15,650
Environment27#11,265/15,453
Education70#4,632/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,841/15,650
Community61#6,056/15,651
Leisure & amenities23#11,984/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tipton, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Tipton 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 · high3.56
98/100Indiana 3.19United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTipton County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,526 /100k
96/100Indiana 3,202 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTipton County value
Rent-burdened households · low23.5%
95/100Indiana 48.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Indiana 5.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataTipton County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.1 mi
90/100Indiana 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTipton County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Indiana 7.8United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTipton County value

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Indiana 3.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyTipton County value
Primary care physicians · low26 /100k
9/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTipton County value
Mental health providers · low78 /100k
11/100Indiana 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTipton County value
Traffic deaths · high23.5 /100k
14/100Indiana 13.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataTipton County value
Depression · high27.7%
16/100Indiana 25.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Access to exercise opportunities · low57.0%
16/100Indiana 76.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTipton County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
4,969 (2015-2019) → 5,280 (2020-2024)
+6.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.3% (2015-2019) → 23.5% (2020-2024)
−36 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.5% (2015-2019) → 17.2% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.8% (2015-2019) → 89.4% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
18.0% (2015-2019) → 29.3% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.7× (2015-2019) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Tipton, Indiana improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved3

Rent burden−36 points59.3% → 23.5%
Rent / income−14 points31.5% → 17.2%
Broadband+12 points77.8% → 89.4%

Declined1

Price / income+1.0×1.7× → 2.7×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Tipton, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	26.1 min2020-2024	+3.4 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Broadband subscriptions	77.8%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	67%
Child poverty rate	18.0%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Effective property tax rate	0.90%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
High school diploma or higher	84.2%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+5 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3902015-2019	0.4482020-2024	+0.057	Within the margin of error	14%
Median household income	$52,5382015-2019	$59,8282020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	22%
Poverty rate	11.1%2015-2019	17.7%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	31.5%2015-2019	17.2%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	97%
Rent-burdened households	59.3%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	−36 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.0%2015-2019	12.4%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	23%

“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 Tipton, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tipton, 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, Tipton, Indiana itself moved +8.2 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

5,280 residents (±35)

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: 40–49 men (−3.6 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

5,280 residents (±35)

Tipton, Indiana
Indiana share

White90%4,747
Black2.5%†132
Hispanic or Latino4.2%†224
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.4%†177

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Black (+2.3 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

3,762 residents (±196)

Tipton, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma11%†406
High school or GED40%1,492
Some college16%607
Associate degree11%†425
Bachelor's degree14%†536
Graduate degree7.9%†296

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Associate degree (+6.0 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 B15003View 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.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,207 households (±158)

Tipton, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k19%†429
$25k–50k20%†448
$50k–75k20%†435
$75k–100k15%†328
$100k–150k16%†362
$150k–200k5.1%†113
$200k or more4.2%†92

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+8.0 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

2,207 households (±158)

Tipton, Indiana
Indiana share

Own67%1,488
Rent33%719

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

666 households (±157)

Tipton, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $75029%†193
$750–1,00045%†299
$1,000–1,50018%†117

Home values

1,488 homes (±183)

Tipton, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k37%549
$150k–250k47%695
$250k–400k15%†216

Age of homes

2,442 homes (±165)

Tipton, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later6.3%†153
2000–20094.1%†100
1980–199919%†474

Size of homes

2,442 homes (±165)

Tipton, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio1.4%†33
1 bedroom7.9%†193
2 bedrooms26%624

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

2,388 workers (±273)

Tipton, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone74%1,757
Carpool13%†305
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.5%†35
Bike3.9%†93
Work from home7.4%†176
Other0.9%†22

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.9 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

2,212 workers (±285)

Tipton, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min32%†702
15–29 min32%†704
30–44 min20%†433

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 Tipton County, the county holding most of Tipton's residents.

Tipton County has 313 employer establishments, 204 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Indiana's), with 4,565 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,261. The Census Bureau also counts 1,089 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 313; 1,089 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 204; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 4,565
Average annual pay: $50,261; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	29	18.9	1.22×About typical	308	$58,321	81
Ambulatory health care services	24	15.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	134	$67,149	23
Restaurants and other eating places	20	13.1	0.71×Fewer than typical	458	$15,118	—
Religious organizations	16	10.4	1.88×More than typical	83	$19,687	—
Truck transportation	13	8.5	1.68×More than typical	22	$45,273	30
Building equipment contractors	12	7.8	1.30×More than typical	84	$63,310	13
Construction of buildings	12	7.8	1.04×About typical	40	$50,650	40
Services to buildings and dwellings	12	7.8	1.16×About typical	41	$34,805	104
Offices of physicians	10	6.5	1.01×About typical	59	$94,932	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	5.9	1.17×Too few to compare	27	$40,852	13
Full-service restaurants	9	5.9	0.77×Too few to compare	89	$22,730	—
Limited-service restaurants	9	5.9	0.73×Too few to compare	360	$13,222	—

Rank places for an industry Open Tipton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 15,313 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 Tipton, 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

0FY2019

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

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

See federal money in Tipton 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.

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

House

Victoria SpartzR-IN-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 6.7%

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.

Tipton County68100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN68

Other cities and towns in Tipton 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
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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