Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety97#27/924
Economy79#195/925
Housing100#2/925
Health69#291/925
Healthcare86#134/923
Environment37#580/917
Education48#477/925
Infrastructure51#455/925
Community79#192/925
Leisure & amenities94#61/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jasper, IN micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Property crime rate · low231 /100k
99/100Indiana 1,052 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · low22.0%
99/100Indiana 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low31.5%
98/100Indiana 48.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Severe housing problems · low9.2%
96/100Indiana 12.2%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
95/100Indiana 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · low63 /100k
94/100Indiana 96 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-3.8%
4/100Indiana -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Comfortable days · low22.8%
7/100Indiana 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
New business applications · low8.6 /1k
15/100Indiana 12.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · high101 mi
16/100Indiana 29 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.6 µg/m³
19/100Indiana 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low151 /100k
22/100Indiana 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Homicide rateImproving
3.3 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New homes permittedImproving
2.8 /1k (2021) → 5.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+99%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
1.1 /10k (2020) → 1.8 /10k (2025)
+59%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
20.9 /100k (2021) → 8.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−58%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Mammography screeningImproving
46.0% (2019) → 56.0% (2023)
+10 pts4 yearsUS 43.0% → 46.0%
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
3.2 /10k (2020) → 4.8 /10k (2025)
+49%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k

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, Jasper, IN micropolitan area improved on 15 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Grocery stores+32%2.1 /10k → 2.7 /10k
Arts & recreation+49%3.2 /10k → 4.8 /10k
Rent / income−4.2 points26.2% → 22.0%
Homicides−100%3.7 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Gyms+59%1.1 /10k → 1.8 /10k

Declined3

Traffic deaths+33%8.9 /100k → 11.9 /100k
Suicides+16%16.3 /100k → 18.9 /100k
Price / income+0.5×2.5× → 3.0×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Jasper, IN micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.2 /10k2020	4.8 /10k2025	+49%	Improved	96%
Average commute time	19.7 min2015-2019	19.8 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	63%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%2015-2019	25.7%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	81%
Broadband subscriptions	77.7%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Improved	48%
Child poverty rate	13.4%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Distance to an airport	65 mi2020	65 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	15.7 /100k2020	8.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−45%	Improved	74%
Effective property tax rate	0.79%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Firearm deaths	12.8 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.3%	Little change	53%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	+32%	Improved	94%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+59%	Improved	91%
High school diploma or higher	88.7%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	40%
Homicide rate	3.7 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$60,9052019	$82,1212024	+35%	Improved	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4152015-2019	0.4102020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	69%
Median household income	$57,8492015-2019	$75,9792020-2024	+31%	Improved	72%
New business applications	6.0 /1k2020	8.6 /1k2025	+43%	Improved	45%
Pharmacies	2.3 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	94%
Poverty rate	9.6%2015-2019	11.0%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Property crime rate	435 /100k2020	231 /100k2025	−47%	Improved	81%
Public libraries	1.2 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	−3.1%	Little change	37%
Rent as share of income	26.2%2015-2019	22.0%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Improved	96%
Rent-burdened households	38.6%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	−7.1 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Restaurants and bars	11.7 /10k2020	11.6 /10k2025	−0.9%	Little change	42%
Suicide rate	16.3 /100k2020	18.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+16%	Declined	30%
Traffic deaths	8.9 /100k2015-2019	11.9 /100k2020-2024	+33%	Declined	16%
Unemployment rate	4.7%2020	2.9%2025	−1.8 points	Improved	18%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.6%2015-2019	6.3%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Violent crime rate	210 /100k2020	124 /100k2025	−41%	Improved	89%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Jasper, IN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jasper, IN micropolitan area 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, Jasper, IN micropolitan area itself moved +2.3 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

43,614 residents

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

17,574 households (±331)

Jasper, IN micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k13%2,344
$25k–50k18%3,133
$50k–75k18%3,225

Homes

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

Owners and renters

17,574 households (±331)

Jasper, IN micropolitan area
United States share

Own75%13,131
Rent25%4,443

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−4.2 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

22,223 workers (±687)

Jasper, IN micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone84%18,772
Carpool7.3%1,622
Public transit0.2%†44

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 no occupation wages for Jasper, IN micropolitan area.

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.

Jasper, IN has 1,313 employer establishments, 300 for every 10,000 residents (1.21× the US rate of 248), with 28,700 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,800. The Census Bureau also counts 3,560 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,313; 3,560 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 300; US 248
Paid employees: 28,700
Average annual pay: $52,800; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	104	23.8	1.54×More than typical	662	$64,834	202
Ambulatory health care services	90	20.6	0.99×About typical	813	$53,861	90
Restaurants and other eating places	90	20.6	1.12×About typical	1,916	$17,233	17
Truck transportation	53	12.1	2.39×More than typical	1,347	$62,673	73
Construction of buildings	50	11.4	1.51×More than typical	291	$53,814	108
Full-service restaurants	44	10.1	1.31×More than typical	615	$17,678	7
Limited-service restaurants	40	9.1	1.14×About typical	1,260	$16,840	7
Services to buildings and dwellings	38	8.7	1.29×More than typical	301	$23,179	362
Building equipment contractors	37	8.5	1.40×More than typical	358	$64,182	39
Lessors of real estate	36	8.2	0.67×Fewer than typical	125	$31,872	519
Offices of other health practitioners	36	8.2	1.35×More than typical	174	$46,282	41
Automotive repair and maintenance	33	7.5	1.50×More than typical	133	$48,068	66

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 43,766 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $14.6M on contracts performed in Jasper, IN micropolitan area: $333 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $14.6M; −28% vs FY2025
Per resident: $333; US $1,994
Sole-source: 18%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.8%; 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$10.6M72%
Department of the Navy$2.5M17%
Department of the Army$1.1M7.5%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$109.4K0.7%
Department of the Air Force$89.4K0.6%
Office of the Inspector General$71.2K0.5%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$45.1K0.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs$43.3K0.3%

Top recipients

INDIANA FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.$10.8M74%
KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL INC$2.6M18%
BALTIMORE HYDRAULICS, INC.$848.2K5.8%
OFS BRANDS HOLDINGS INC.$109.9K0.8%
LEGACY GRADING LLC$74K0.5%

Spending by fiscal year

6.1MFY2017
7.3MFY2018
15.8MFY2019
10MFY2020
21.5MFY2021
14.3MFY2022
18.4MFY2023
19.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$13.6M93%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$922.2K6.3%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$45.1K0.3%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$44.4K0.3%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$26.9K0.2%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$24.2K

Largest awards

CRANE B3168 SECURITY UPGRADES - BASE AWARD$3.1M
KREMPP CONSTRUCTION INC· Dubois County, IN· Construction & real property· Apr 30, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· W912QR24C0007
FURNITURE LR 168 FIRST FLOOR$2M
KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL INC· Dubois County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026· N0042126C0025
PROCURE, DELIVER AND INSATALL FURNITURE$1.1M
KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL INC· Dubois County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 3, 2025 – May 12, 2026· N0042125C0042
PATOKA MULTI LEVEL HYDRAULIC REPAIR$848.2K

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $287.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jasper, IN micropolitan area: $6,529 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $287.4M; −3.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,529; US $12,955
Loan face value: $15.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$206M72%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$20.9M7.3%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$20.2M7.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$15.6M5.4%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$3.8M1.3%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$3.3M1.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$3.1M1.1%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$2.8M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$7.4M2.6%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
FARBEST FARMS INC$1.1M0.4%
SULLIVAN, IN
INDIANA 15 REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISS$700K0.2%
FERDINAND, IN
DUBOIS COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY$501.2K0.2%
HUNTINGBURG, IN
NATURAL RESOURCES, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$245M85%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$23.1M8.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$7.4M2.6%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$4.9M1.7%
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

221.7MFY2021
234.5MFY2022
248.4MFY2023
265.3MFY2024
297MFY2025
287.4MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Jasper, IN

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Dubois CountyCentral county8944,016

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

JasperPrincipal city15,991

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Indiana

Areas based in Indiana, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined3

Metro and micro areas like Jasper, IN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Jasper, IN

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Indiana

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved15

Declined3

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

By type

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought