County · Indiana

Gibson County, Indiana

Gibson County, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 63 out of 100 (high), ranking #1,160 of 3,143 US counties. Within Indiana it ranks #25 of 92 counties. It ranks best on average weekly wage (high), mammography screening (high) and injury deaths (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), new business applications (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high).

63High

Quality-of-life score: #1,160 of 3,143 counties
Indiana: #25 of 92 in IN
Population: 33,091 (2025)
Land area: 487 mi²
Density: 67.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 18051

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety51#1,524/3,096
Economy76#759/3,143
Housing89#333/3,140
Health46#1,698/3,144
Healthcare81#583/3,143
Environment5#2,942/3,108
Education50#1,563/3,144
Infrastructure73#848/3,144
Community75#774/3,144
Leisure & amenities30#2,204/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Average weekly wage · high$1,397
92/100Indiana $1,251United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mammography screening · high56.0%
92/100Indiana 49.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Injury deaths · low67 /100k
90/100Indiana 96 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.412
89/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Dental care shortage · low0.0
88/100Indiana 6.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Drought exposure · low5%
88/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.5%
6/100Indiana 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
New business applications · low7.6 /1k
8/100Indiana 12.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.9 µg/m³
9/100Indiana 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mental health providers · low52 /100k
17/100Indiana 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Depression · high27.6%
18/100Indiana 25.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Distance to an airport · high99 mi
25/100Indiana 38 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau

Trends

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

Homicide rateWorsening
3.7 /100k (2021) → 7.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+114%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
59.0% (2019) → 42.0% (2023)
−17 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
5.6 /1k (2021) → 1.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−81%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
16.5% (2020 & 2021) → 32.3% (2023 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Mental health providersImproving
30 /100k (2021) → 51 /100k (2025)
+74%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

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, Gibson County, Indiana improved on 7 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 3 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.

Improved7

Weekly wage+38%$1,014 → $1,397
Traffic deaths−61%30.9 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Unemployment−4.1 points7.1% → 3.0%
Broadband+9.8 points79.1% → 88.9%
Real income+31%$52,256 → $68,384

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.1× → 2.7×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Gibson County, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.8 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	+33%	Within the margin of error	84%
Average commute time	21.5 min2015-2019	20.6 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	78%
Average weekly wage	$1,0142020	$1,3972025	+38%	Improved	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	79.1%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Improved	49%
Child poverty rate	11.7%2019	12.8%2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Distance to an airport	99 mi2020	99 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	13.0 /100k2020	12.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−7.7%	Within the margin of error	32%
Effective property tax rate	0.76%2015-2019	0.60%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	65%
Firearm deaths	13.1 /100k2020	18.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+42%	Within the margin of error	9%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−0.1%	Within the margin of error	53%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	−0.1%	Within the margin of error	47%
High school diploma or higher	91.9%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	31%
Homicide rate	4.3 /100k2020	7.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+84%	Within the margin of error	1%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,2562019	$68,3842024	+31%	Improved	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4052015-2019	0.4122020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$61,8722019	$72,4272024	+17%	Improved	14%
New business applications	5.6 /1k2020	7.6 /1k2025	+37%	Improved	40%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−0.1%	Within the margin of error	68%
Poverty rate	9.3%2019	10.3%2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Public libraries	1.5 /10k2019	1.5 /10k2024	+2.2%	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent as share of income	22.8%2015-2019	25.3%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Rent-burdened households	34.2%2015-2019	35.9%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Restaurants and bars	9.1 /10k2020	8.5 /10k2025	−6.8%	Within the margin of error	31%
Students per teacher	14.4×2019	13.9×2024	−0.5×	Little change	42%
Suicide rate	17.3 /100k2020	30.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+76%	Within the margin of error	3%
Traffic deaths	30.9 /100k2015-2019	12.1 /100k2020-2024	−61%	Improved	97%
Unemployment rate	7.1%2020	3.0%2025	−4.1 points	Improved	84%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.7%2019	6.9%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	45%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 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 Gibson County, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gibson 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, Gibson County, Indiana itself moved −2.6 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

33,000 residents

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: 50–59 women (−1.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

33,000 residents

Gibson County, Indiana
Indiana share

White90%29,729
Black1.8%606
Hispanic or Latino2.3%767
Asian0.6%189
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†10
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†35
Other or two or more races5.0%1,664

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.5 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

22,629 residents (±67)

Gibson County, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma9.4%2,121
High school or GED41%9,218
Some college19%4,283
Associate degree12%2,817
Bachelor's degree13%2,997
Graduate degree5.3%1,193

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

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

13,438 households (±319)

Gibson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k14%1,850
$25k–50k22%3,005
$50k–75k18%2,352
$75k–100k14%1,830
$100k–150k20%2,673
$150k–200k7.5%1,003
$200k or more5.4%725

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+6.5 points).

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

13,438 households (±319)

Gibson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Own77%10,307
Rent23%3,131

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

2,841 households (±339)

Gibson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $75027%777
$750–1,00031%869
$1,000–1,50036%1,012

Home values

10,307 homes (±362)

Gibson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k38%3,949
$150k–250k32%3,334
$250k–400k20%2,096

Age of homes

14,890 homes (±32)

Gibson County, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later11%1,711
2000–20099.8%1,460
1980–199922%3,225

Size of homes

14,890 homes (±32)

Gibson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio1.5%†224
1 bedroom6.3%943
2 bedrooms32%4,746

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

15,570 workers (±449)

Gibson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone83%12,855
Carpool9.3%1,453
Public transit0.4%†66
Walk2.3%†360
Bike0.1%†12
Work from home3.6%†567
Other1.7%†257

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−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

15,003 workers (±454)

Gibson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min41%6,166
15–29 min32%4,801
30–44 min18%2,631

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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.

Gibson County has 728 employer establishments, 221 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Indiana's), with 20,517 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,433. The Census Bureau also counts 1,797 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 728; 1,797 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 221; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 20,517
Average annual pay: $61,433; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	58	17.6	0.85×About typical	374	$65,826	41
Restaurants and other eating places	55	16.7	0.91×About typical	928	$15,652	7
Specialty trade contractors	44	13.4	0.86×About typical	274	$55,774	122
Religious organizations	40	12.2	2.19×More than typical	164	$20,506	—
Full-service restaurants	27	8.2	1.07×About typical	464	$14,558	3
Automotive repair and maintenance	24	7.3	1.45×More than typical	153	$41,745	39
Truck transportation	24	7.3	1.44×More than typical	359	$69,897	34
Services to buildings and dwellings	23	7	1.04×About typical	175	$37,360	152
Offices of physicians	22	6.7	1.03×About typical	143	$92,217	6
Gasoline stations	21	6.4	1.97×More than typical	314	$29,519	—
Limited-service restaurants	20	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	422	$16,491	4
Construction of buildings	17	5.2	0.68×Fewer than typical	58	$73,000	59

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,901 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 $1.8M on contracts performed in Gibson County, Indiana: $55.07 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.8M; +118% vs FY2025
Per resident: $55.07; US $1,994
Sole-source: 8.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.2%; 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$1.6M88%
Department of the Navy$127.9K

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 $222.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Gibson County, Indiana: $6,728 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $222.6M; −6.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,728; US $12,955
Loan face value: $13.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$138.9M62%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$20.6M9.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$13.3M6.0%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$13.1M5.9%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$10.7M4.8%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$5.3M2.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$3.7M1.7%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$3.5M1.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$13.8M6.2%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
TOWER CONSTRUCTION CO$1.5M0.7%
PRINCETON, IN
OAKLAND CITY UNIVERSITY, FOUNDED BY GENERAL BAPTISTS, INC.$761.8K0.3%
OAKLAND CITY, IN
TULIP TREE HEALTH SERVICES OF GIBSON COUNTY, INC.$650K0.3%
FORT BRANCH, IN
OAKLAND CITY

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$176.5M79%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$15.1M6.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$13.8M6.2%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$6.9M3.1%
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

188.1MFY2021
191.3MFY2022
195.5MFY2023
218.2MFY2024
237.1MFY2025
222.6MFY2026

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 Gibson 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gibson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$2.46	$1,436
FY2018	$5.93	$1,552
FY2019	$17.81	$1,654
FY2020	$3.84	$1,880
FY2021	$0.19	$1,810
FY2022	$164	$1,917
FY2023	$313	$2,079
FY2024	$6.88	$2,047
FY2025	$25.24	$2,165
FY2026	$55.07 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gibson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$0.67	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$9.24	$128
FY2020	$0.83	$145
FY2021	$0.20	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gibson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$278	$5,748
FY2022	$376	$5,221
FY2023	$588	$5,364
FY2024	$621	$5,501
FY2025	$534	$5,732
FY2026	$491

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gibson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$73.95	$298
FY2022	$152	$357
FY2023	$228	$301
FY2024	$536	$319
FY2025	$439	$360
FY2026	$416

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gibson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$59.92	$239
FY2022	$53.35	$185
FY2023	$64.46	$229
FY2024	$63.76	$229
FY2025	$82.84	$249
FY2026	$61.65

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gibson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$50.17	$2,304
FY2022	$7.90	$2,197
FY2023	$22.56	$2,274
FY2024	$15.56	$2,267
FY2025	$18.15	$2,397
FY2026	$19.64

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gibson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$812	$1,186
FY2022	$129	$465
FY2023	$9.63	$76.52
FY2024	-$23.03	$120
FY2025	$7.89	$148
FY2026	$56.40

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Gibson County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
2014	2.5%

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.

Transportation grants · FY2024

$536 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $151 (3.5× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Gibson County, Indiana
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/18051

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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.

Gibson County, 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

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Cities and towns in Gibson County

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

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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Calendar years	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
2014	−3.5%	−4.2%
2015	−2.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.8%	+3.3%
2018	+3.5%	+6.8%
2019	+4.5%	+10.5%
2020	+4.6%	+19.4%
2021	+12.2%	+26.1%
2022	+17.6%	+30.6%
2023	+24.3%	+35.0%
2024	+34.7%	+41.0%
2025	+44.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
2014	−4.2%	−5.5%
2015	−3.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+4.1%
2018	+8.2%	+8.9%
2019	+11.1%	+13.5%
2020	+20.8%	+20.8%
2021	+29.5%	+32.1%
2022	+35.5%	+35.4%
2023	+40.1%	+42.9%
2024	+44.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
2014	3.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.8/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.7/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
2014	−15.0%	−6.9%
2015	−2.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.8%	+4.7%
2018	+4.2%	+7.5%
2019	+13.1%	+14.0%
2020	+8.0%	+16.9%
2021	+10.8%	+21.0%
2022	+21.1%	+29.7%
2023	+23.4%	+34.9%
2024	+32.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
2014	−5.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+47.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+56.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+62.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+72.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+82.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
2014	4.5%	6.2%
2015	3.8%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.3%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	7.1%	8.1%
2021	3.1%	5.4%
2022	2.6%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	3.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
2014	11.8%	15.5%
2015	11.0%	14.7%
2016	10.8%	14.0%
2017	10.4%	13.4%
2018	10.6%	13.1%
2019	9.3%	12.3%
2020	9.3%	11.9%
2021	11.4%	12.8%
2022	9.7%	12.6%
2023	11.0%	12.5%
2024	10.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
2014	10.9%	13.5%
2015	8.6%	10.9%
2016	7.1%	10.0%
2017	6.7%	10.2%
2018	7.4%	10.4%
2019	7.7%	10.8%
2020	6.7%	10.4%
2021	7.1%	10.2%
2022	6.7%	9.5%
2023	6.1%	9.5%
2024	6.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Gibson County, Indiana	United States
2014	3.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.6/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Gibson County, Indiana	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.7 points	+2.0 points	+0.9 points to +3.8 points
Year −2	+6.3 points	+2.6 points	+0.5 points to +4.7 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.1 points	−1.5 points	−12.5 points to +2.8 points
Year +1	+1.3 points	+2.0 points	−2.2 points to +10.5 points

Year	Gibson County, Indiana	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.6 per 1,000 people	+0.5 per 1,000 people	−0.2 per 1,000 people to +1.4 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+0.7 per 1,000 people	+0.9 per 1,000 people	+0.0 per 1,000 people to +2.1 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.1 per 1,000 people	−0.2 per 1,000 people	−0.6 per 1,000 people to +0.3 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−2.3 per 1,000 people	+0.1 per 1,000 people	−1.1 per 1,000 people to +1.7 per 1,000 people

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved7

Declined1

Counties like Gibson County, Indiana five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 9 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Cities and towns in Gibson County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved7

Declined1

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 9 similar counties

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards