County · Indiana

Fountain County, Indiana

Fountain County, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 61 out of 100 (high), ranking #1,230 of 3,143 US counties. Within Indiana it ranks #28 of 92 counties. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), natural hazard risk (low) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), primary care physicians (low) and adult obesity (high).

61High

Quality-of-life score: #1,230 of 3,143 counties
Indiana: #28 of 92 in IN
Population: 17,013 (2025)
Land area: 396 mi²
Density: 43.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 18045

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 counties.

Safety43#1,753/3,096
Economy48#1,623/3,143
Housing94#174/3,140
Health27#2,308/3,144
Healthcare48#1,647/3,143
Environment59#1,281/3,108
Education52#1,514/3,144
Infrastructure75#801/3,144
Community54#1,432/3,144
Leisure & amenities75#773/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fountain County, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Pharmacies · high2.9 /10k
89/100Indiana 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Natural hazard risk · low11.4
88/100Indiana 24.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Grocery stores · high3.5 /10k
88/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mental health care shortage · low9.0
87/100Indiana 13.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.414
85/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Severe housing problems · low9.5%
84/100Indiana 12.2%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low14.7%
11/100Indiana 29.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Primary care physicians · low18 /100k
12/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult obesity · high42.4%
12/100Indiana 39.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Preventable hospital stays · high4,009 /100k
14/100Indiana 3,202 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · low8.5 /1k
16/100Indiana 12.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Depression · high27.5%
19/100Indiana 25.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 40% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+39 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
4.9 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Traffic deathsWorsening
9.7 /100k (2015-2019) → 18.0 /100k (2020-2024)
+86%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
41.3% (2015-2019) → 28.8% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
19.0% (2020 & 2021) → 31.3% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

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, Fountain County, Indiana improved on 9 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: 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.

Improved9

Rent burden−13 points41.3% → 28.8%
Students / teacher−2.5×15.3× → 12.8×
Weekly wage+27%$727 → $921
Unemployment−3 points6.7% → 3.7%
Uninsured−1.6 points9.5% → 7.9%

Declined1

Price / income+0.3×1.9× → 2.3×

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Fountain County, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	4.1 /10k2025	−3.1%	Within the margin of error	29%
Average commute time	24.9 min2015-2019	25.1 min2020-2024	+0.2 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Average weekly wage	$7272020	$9212025	+27%	Improved	68%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%2015-2019	14.7%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Broadband subscriptions	78.9%2015-2019	89.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	56%
Child poverty rate	17.4%2019	14.5%2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Distance to an airport	60 mi2020	60 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	23.5 /100k2020	16.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−29%	Within the margin of error	53%
Effective property tax rate	0.65%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Firearm deaths	11.9 /100k2020	12.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+0.8%	Within the margin of error	47%
Grocery stores	4.9 /10k2020	3.5 /10k2025	−27%	Within the margin of error	13%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−3.1%	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	89.0%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	55%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,4652019	$60,6662024	+33%	Improved	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4322015-2019	0.4142020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	79%
Median household income	$55,3372019	$68,3442024	+24%	Improved	43%
New business applications	6.2 /1k2020	8.5 /1k2025	+36%	Improved	40%
Pharmacies	3.0 /10k2020	2.9 /10k2025	−3.1%	Within the margin of error	55%
Poverty rate	12.5%2019	11.4%2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Public libraries	2.4 /10k2019	2.4 /10k2024	−2.6%	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent as share of income	25.2%2015-2019	21.6%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Rent-burdened households	41.3%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	94%
Restaurants and bars	7.9 /10k2020	10.0 /10k2025	+27%	Within the margin of error	89%
Students per teacher	15.3×2019	12.8×2024	−2.5×	Improved	92%
Suicide rate	15.2 /100k2020	15.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.3%	Within the margin of error	50%
Traffic deaths	9.7 /100k2015-2019	18.0 /100k2020-2024	+86%	Within the margin of error	6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%2020	3.7%2025	−3 points	Improved	62%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.5%2019	7.9%2024	−1.6 points	Improved	62%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2431 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Fountain County, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fountain County, 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, Fountain County, Indiana itself moved +3.4 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

16,617 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

6,941 households (±228)

Fountain County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k16%1,095
$25k–50k22%1,550
$50k–75k21%1,465

Homes

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

Owners and renters

6,941 households (±228)

Fountain County, Indiana
Indiana share

Own75%5,181
Rent25%1,760

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

7,700 workers (±268)

Fountain County, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone83%6,400
Carpool8.5%657
Public transit0.4%†31

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.

Fountain County has 332 employer establishments, 199 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Indiana's), with 4,384 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,885. The Census Bureau also counts 1,031 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 332; 1,031 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 199; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 4,384
Average annual pay: $53,885; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	23	13.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	325	$16,923	5
Religious organizations	22	13.2	2.38×More than typical	97	$22,134	—
Specialty trade contractors	16	9.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	48	$61,104	97
Ambulatory health care services	15	9	0.43×Fewer than typical	454	$119,412	19
Truck transportation	15	9	1.78×More than typical	91	$64,451	50
Banks and credit unions	14	8.4	2.60×More than typical	129	$60,953	—
Gasoline stations	13	7.8	2.41×More than typical	94	$26,479	—
Limited-service restaurants	11	6.6	0.82×About typical	229	$16,371	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	6	1.19×About typical	39	$50,487	25
Full-service restaurants	9	5.4	0.70×Too few to compare	88	$18,239	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	9	5.4	0.80×Too few to compare	44	$25,182	63
Lessors of real estate	8	4.8	0.39×Too few to compare	26	$23,000	131

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,669 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $114.6K on contracts performed in Fountain County, Indiana: $6.74 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $114.6K; −74% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6.74; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$114.6K100%

Top recipients

THE WATERS OF COVINGTON, LLC$114.6K100%

Spending by fiscal year

547.2KFY2017
226.5KFY2018
130KFY2019
476.1KFY2020
569.7KFY2021
834.3KFY2022
615.6KFY2023
154.4KFY2024
440.2KFY2025
114.6KFY2026

What was bought

Health & medical$114.6K100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$114.6K100%

Largest awards

EXPRESS REPORT: FY26 1ST QTR 1358 COSTS REPORTING OCTOBER 1, 2025 - DECEMBER 31, 2025$114.6K
THE WATERS OF COVINGTON, LLC· Fountain County, IN· Health & medical· May 6, 2026 – May 6, 2026· 36C25226K0045

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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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 $122.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Fountain County, Indiana: $7,206 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $122.6M; +0.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,206; US $12,957
Loan face value: $5.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 4.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$75.9M62%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$10.5M8.6%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$9.9M8.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$8.8M7.2%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$4.7M3.8%
93.600 · Head Start$3.7M3.0%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$2.6M2.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2.4M1.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC OF WESTERN INDIANA$3.7M3.0%
COVINGTON, IN
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$2.9M2.3%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
HESLER FAMILY FARMS LLC$153.8K0.1%
KINGMAN, IN
ROEING CORPORATION$152.6K0.1%
LAFAYETTE, IN
LION MANOR$108.2K0.1%
VEEDERSBURG, IN
ATTICA HOUSING INC$108K0.1%
ATTICA, IN
KINGMAN HOUSING INC$53.2K0.0%
KINGMAN, IN
ATTICA CONS SCHOOL DISTRICT$35.8K0.0%
ATTICA, IN

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$97.5M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$11M9.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$5.5M4.5%
Department of Agriculture
Administration for Children and Families$3.7M3.0%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Highway Administration$2.9M2.3%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$769.4K0.6%
Natural Resources Conservation Service$443K0.4%
Department of Agriculture
Rural Housing Service$207.7K0.2%
Department of Agriculture

By type

Direct payments$115.5M94%
Grants$6.6M5.4%
Other assistance$503.1K0.4%
Insurance$12.6K0.0%
Loans$00.0%
$5.8M lent or guaranteed

Assistance by fiscal year

103.2MFY2021
115.3MFY2022
111.7MFY2023
115MFY2024
121.9MFY2025
122.6MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Fountain County, Indiana compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Fountain County, Indiana
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$33.28	$1,436
FY2018	$13.78	$1,552
FY2019	$7.91	$1,654
FY2020	$28.87	$1,880
FY2021	$34.58	$1,810
FY2022	$50.27	$1,917
FY2023	$36.93	$2,079
FY2024	$9.15	$2,047
FY2025	$25.88	$2,165
FY2026	$6.74 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$424	$5,748
FY2022	$1,174	$5,221
FY2023	$633	$5,364
FY2024	$575	$5,501
FY2025	$317	$5,732
FY2026	$394 (partial year)	$5,447

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$149	$298
FY2022	$862	$357
FY2023	$362	$301
FY2024	$346	$319
FY2025	$69.55	$360
FY2026	$168 (partial year)	$349

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$14.13	$239
FY2022	$22.47	$185
FY2023	$15.53	$229
FY2024	$23.46	$229
FY2025	$16.74	$249
FY2026	$18.57 (partial year)	$201

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$229	$2,304
FY2022	$201	$2,197
FY2023	$218	$2,274
FY2024	$215	$2,267
FY2025	$218	$2,397
FY2026	$220 (partial year)	$2,597

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$450	$1,186
FY2022	$80.23	$465
FY2023	$4.88	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$3.89	$148
FY2026	$8.82 (partial year)	$108

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Fountain County, Indiana
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
2014	−1.5%	2.0%
2015	−7.8%	2.1%
2016	−2.9%	1.7%
2017	2.9%	1.4%
2018	4.2%	1.6%
2019	0.4%	1.4%
2020	−7.4%	−6.1%
2021	3.7%	3.4%
2022	6.7%	4.3%
2023	2.7%	2.1%
2024	−1.9%	1.2%
2025	−4.9%	0.5%

Average weekly wageChange since 2016, %

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Average weekly wage, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
2014	−6.0%	−4.2%
2015	−3.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+3.3%
2018	+4.0%	+6.8%
2019

Unemployment ratepercent

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Unemployment rate, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
2014	7.0%	6.2%
2015	5.9%	5.3%
2016	5.7%	4.9%
2017	4.0%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.5%

Personal income per capitaChange since 2016, %

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Personal income per capita, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
2014	−3.7%	−5.5%
2015	−4.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+4.1%
2018	+7.0%	+8.9%
2019

New homes permittedper 1,000 people

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New homes permitted, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
2014	0.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019

Median household incomeChange since 2016, %

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Median household income, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
2014	+3.7%	−6.9%
2015	+17.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+16.6%	+4.7%
2018	+22.8%	+7.5%
2019

Poverty ratepercent

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Poverty rate, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
2014	14.6%	15.5%
2015	12.1%	14.7%
2016	13.2%	14.0%
2017	12.9%	13.4%
2018	11.2%	13.1%
2019	12.5%

Typical home valueChange since 2016, %

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Typical home value, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
2014	−6.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017

Uninsured residents (under 65)percent

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Uninsured residents (under 65), Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
2014	13.7%	13.5%
2015	10.8%	10.9%
2016	9.4%	10.0%
2017	8.6%	10.2%
2018	9.4%	10.4%
2019

New business applicationsper 1,000 people

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New business applications, Fountain County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fountain County, Indiana	United States
2014	4.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	3.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019

Calendar years

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Jumps not compared

FY2022, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

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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.

Fountain County, Indiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

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Cities and towns in Fountain County

Places whose residents live mostly in Fountain County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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Data and sources

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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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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