Town · Boone County, Indiana

Whitestown, Indiana

Whitestown is a town in Boone County, Indiana, part of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area. It has 12,466 residents. Whitestown, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 98 out of 100 (very high), ranking #373 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #4 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on primary care physicians (high), math scores (high) and new homes permitted (high). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and public transit commuters (low).

98Very high

Quality-of-life score: #373 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #4 of 353 in IN
Population: 12,466 (2020-2024)
Land area: 16 mi²
Density: 785.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 1884014

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.

Safety83#2,660/15,637
Economy98#262/15,631
Housing88#1,742/14,977
Health88#1,935/15,609
Healthcare90#1,574/15,650
Environment37#9,678/15,453
Education94#884/15,649
Infrastructure92#1,201/15,650
Community96#594/15,651
Leisure & amenities61#6,084/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Whitestown, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Boone 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 · high216 /100k
100/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoone County value
Math scores · high3.72
100/100Indiana 3.19United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoone County value
New homes permitted · high58.1 /1k
99/100Indiana 3.9 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Job growth · high6.4%
99/100Indiana -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataBoone County value
Reading scores · high3.53
99/100Indiana 3.08United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoone County value
Child poverty rate · low1.8%
98/100Indiana 15.8%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
3/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBoone 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 AgencyBoone County value
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
27/100Indiana 0.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Mental health providers · low163 /100k
28/100Indiana 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoone County value
Students per teacher · high16.0×
30/100Indiana 15.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsBoone County value
Dentists · low49 /100k
31/100Indiana 61 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoone County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
8,312 (2015-2019) → 12,466 (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$85,000 (2015-2019) → $123,643 (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
30.3% (2015-2019) → 38.7% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedImproving
44.6 /1k (2021) → 58.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+30%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
6.6% (2015-2019) → 1.8% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.6× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+14%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, Whitestown, 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

Household income+45%$85,000 → $123,643

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×2.6× → 3.0×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Whitestown, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.8 min2015-2019	24.9 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%2015-2019	62.7%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Broadband subscriptions	99.0%2015-2019	97.9%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Effective property tax rate	0.88%2015-2019	1.01%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	96.1%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	56%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3552015-2019	0.3382020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$85,0002015-2019	$123,6432020-2024	+45%	Improved	80%
Poverty rate	5.0%2015-2019	2.8%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.4%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent-burdened households	30.3%2015-2019	38.7%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.3%2015-2019	2.1%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%

“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 Whitestown, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Whitestown, 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, Whitestown, Indiana itself moved −2.7 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

12,466 residents (±335)

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

4,678 households (±247)

Whitestown, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k4.0%†186
$25k–50k11%†524
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,678 households (±247)

Whitestown, Indiana
Indiana share

Own70%3,258
Rent30%1,420

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

7,289 workers (±391)

Whitestown, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone73%5,313
Carpool5.3%†385
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 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 Boone County, the county holding most of Whitestown's residents.

Boone County has 1,873 employer establishments, 246 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248; 1.09× Indiana's), with 40,984 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,374. The Census Bureau also counts 7,130 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,873; 7,130 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 246; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 40,984
Average annual pay: $50,374; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	133	17.5	0.84×About typical	882	$64,270	395
Restaurants and other eating places	122	16	0.87×About typical	2,858	$22,543	22
Specialty trade contractors	105	13.8	0.89×About typical	1,357	$75,353	358
Lessors of real estate	100	13.1	1.07×About typical	295	$45,325	816
Management, scientific and technical consulting	78	10.2	1.53×More than typical	1,563	$35,791	438
Construction of buildings	71	9.3	1.23×About typical	397	$68,985	158
Services to buildings and dwellings	64	8.4	1.25×About typical	518	$52,135	342
Real estate agents and brokers	62	8.1	1.67×More than typical	85	$55,518	238
Truck transportation	62	8.1	1.61×More than typical	717	$60,916	140
Full-service restaurants	55	7.2	0.94×About typical	1,309	$24,452	10
Limited-service restaurants	52	6.8	0.85×About typical	1,331	$20,997	9
Offices of other health practitioners	47	6.2	1.02×About typical	351	$52,661	173

Rank places for an industry Open Boone County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 76,137 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 $2.4M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Whitestown, Indiana: $192 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.4M; +21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $192; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.7%; 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

Federal Acquisition Service$2.2M93%
Department of the Navy$97.2K4.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$41.7K1.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$17.9K0.7%
U.S. Coast Guard$4,8170.2%
Bureau of the Fiscal Service$2,9410.1%
Federal Aviation Administration$7440.0%

Top recipients

LIFE SCIENCE LOGISTICS LLC$2.2M93%
WYN INDUSTRIES INC$71.9K3.0%
IBC MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$66.7K2.8%
INDIANA INSTITUTE FOR PROSTHETICS LLC$17.9K0.7%
GENTECH ASSOCIATES INC$7,7580.3%

Spending by fiscal year

90.9KFY2017
45.7KFY2018
90.4KFY2019
8.6MFY2020
1.8MFY2021
1.8MFY2022
2.1MFY2023
769.8KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Warehousing and storage · 4931$2.2M93%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$72.5K3.0%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$42.9K1.8%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$23.8K1.0%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$17.9K0.7%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416

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

Whitestown, Indiana's figures are part of those of Boone County, IN ($13.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 18% of that total.

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

See federal money in Boone 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.

Whitestown, 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.

Boone County97100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN68

Other cities and towns in Boone 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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