Scores by category

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

Safety46#8,385/15,637
Economy10#14,059/15,631
Housing94#960/14,977
Health20#12,546/15,609
Healthcare37#9,805/15,650
Environment36#9,934/15,453
Education36#9,976/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,128/15,650
Community44#8,791/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,434/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Average commute time · low15.3 min
97/100Indiana 24.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Social associations · high16.6 /10k
95/100Indiana 11.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKnox County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.1×
91/100Indiana 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent-burdened households · low37.4%
90/100Indiana 48.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Time spent in the emergency room · low119 min
88/100Indiana 148 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesKnox County value
Rent as share of income · low26.0%
86/100Indiana 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.1%
3/100Indiana 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationKnox County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.1 /10k
3/100Indiana 3.8 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKnox County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Indiana 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKnox County value
New business applications · low8.1 /1k
7/100Indiana 12.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauKnox County value
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
8/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKnox County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Indiana 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesKnox County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
0.1 /1k (2021) → 0.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+1,224%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.7% (2015-2019) → 88.7% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
33.2% (2015-2019) → 24.5% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$38,412 (2015-2019) → $53,637 (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
44.7% (2015-2019) → 37.4% (2020-2024)
−7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
22.9% (2015-2019) → 19.6% (2020-2024)
−3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Vincennes, Indiana improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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

Household income+40%$38,412 → $53,637
Broadband+10 points78.7% → 88.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Vincennes, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.6 min2015-2019	15.2 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	39%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	78.7%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	59%
Child poverty rate	33.2%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	0.86%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	40%
High school diploma or higher	84.4%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	76%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4332015-2019	0.4582020-2024	+0.026	Within the margin of error	30%
Median household income	$38,4122015-2019	$53,6372020-2024	+40%	Improved	73%
Poverty rate	22.9%2015-2019	19.6%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	44.7%2015-2019	37.4%2020-2024	−7.3 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Unemployment rate	5.0%2015-2019	5.2%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.4%2015-2019	9.7%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%

“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 Vincennes, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Vincennes, 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, Vincennes, Indiana itself moved +1.3 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

16,586 residents (±41)

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: 10–19 men (−1.9 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

16,586 residents (±41)

Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana share

White85%14,095
Black3.5%†577
Hispanic or Latino5.1%853

Education

10,788 residents (±408)

Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma15%1,597
High school or GED35%3,725
Some college19%2,059

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

7,227 households (±371)

Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k26%1,913
$25k–50k21%1,506
$50k–75k21%1,547
$75k–100k13%947
$100k–150k11%826
$150k–200k3.7%†268
$200k or more3.0%†220

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−8.8 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

7,227 households (±371)

Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana share

Own52%3,734
Rent48%3,493

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

3,401 households (±336)

Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $75044%1,482
$750–1,00033%1,107
$1,000–1,50020%671

Home values

3,734 homes (±277)

Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k67%2,495
$150k–250k26%984
$250k–400k3.6%†135

Age of homes

8,210 homes (±303)

Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later3.4%†280
2000–20095.8%†478
1980–199915%1,241

Size of homes

8,210 homes (±303)

Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio2.4%†194
1 bedroom16%1,337
2 bedrooms40%3,283

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

7,662 workers (±499)

Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone82%6,258
Carpool8.3%†639
Public transit0.6%†49
Walk6.7%512
Bike0.5%†40
Work from home1.9%†148
Other0.2%†16

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other (−2.0 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

7,514 workers (±492)

Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min63%4,714
15–29 min20%1,490
30–44 min11%850

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 Vincennes, 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 Knox County, the county holding most of Vincennes's residents.

Knox County has 873 employer establishments, 243 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 1.07× Indiana's), with 14,031 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,491. The Census Bureau also counts 2,057 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 873; 2,057 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 243; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 14,031
Average annual pay: $49,491; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	95	26.4	1.27×More than typical	1,032	$69,962	85
Restaurants and other eating places	56	15.6	0.85×About typical	1,135	$18,896	10
Religious organizations	49	13.6	2.46×More than typical	243	$16,967	—
Specialty trade contractors	46	12.8	0.83×About typical	365	$58,192	162
Outpatient care centers	40	11.1	6.05×More than typical	81	$98,790	—
Limited-service restaurants	29	8.1	1.01×About typical	548	$18,956	4
Lessors of real estate	27	7.5	0.61×Fewer than typical	90	$29,856	221
Truck transportation	26	7.2	1.43×More than typical	472	$57,847	47
Full-service restaurants	23	6.4	0.83×About typical	537	$18,419	5
Gasoline stations	20	5.6	1.72×More than typical	223	$28,054	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	19	5.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	255	$48,976	148
Automotive repair and maintenance	18	5	0.99×About typical	96	$42,927	39

Rank places for an industry Open Knox County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 35,961 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 $274.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Vincennes, Indiana: $16.53 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $274.1K; −42% vs FY2025
Per resident: $16.53; US $1,994
Sole-source: 98%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$253.2K92%
Department of the Army$20.9K7.6%

Top recipients

KNOX COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR REMARKABLE CITIZENS, INC.$253.1K92%
KNOX COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR REMARKABLE CITIZENS, INC.$14.3K5.2%
CRICO ENTERPRISE, LLC$6,5202.4%
KNOX COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR REMARKABLE CITIZENS, INC.$1050.0%
SURE CLEAN, INC.$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

808.8KFY2017
685.5KFY2018
587.3KFY2019
387.4KFY2020
474.7KFY2021
445.1KFY2022
381KFY2023
118.5K

Top industries (NAICS)

Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$253.1K92%
Other wood product manufacturing · 3219$14.3K5.2%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$6,5202.4%
Independent artists, writers, and performers · 7115$1050.0%

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

Vincennes, Indiana's figures are part of those of Knox County, IN ($6.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 4.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Knox 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.

Vincennes, 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.

Knox County50100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Vincennes, IN45

Other cities and towns in Knox 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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