Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety55#1,406/3,096
Economy87#415/3,143
Housing79#666/3,140
Health67#1,030/3,144
Healthcare80#634/3,143
Environment35#2,019/3,108
Education68#1,008/3,144
Infrastructure82#577/3,144
Community66#1,060/3,144
Leisure & amenities51#1,553/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Severe housing problems · low6.6%
99/100Indiana 12.2%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.391
97/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Primary care shortage · low0.0
94/100Indiana 7.8United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Natural hazard risk · low7.6
92/100Indiana 24.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Poverty rate · low8.2%
91/100Indiana 12.1%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low6.9%
88/100Indiana 8.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.2 /1k
6/100Indiana 12.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.8 µg/m³
11/100Indiana 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High ozone days · high2 days
12/100Indiana 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Grocery stores · low1.1 /10k
24/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Comfortable days · low24.0%
27/100Indiana 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Pharmacies · low1.1 /10k
30/100Indiana 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 45% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+45 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Distance to an airportWorsening
20 mi (2020) → 58 mi (2025)
+188%5 yearsUS 33 mi → 33 mi
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.9 /10k (2020) → 1.4 /10k (2025)
+63%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
24.8 /100k (2021) → 9.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−63%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
16.5% (2020 & 2021) → 27.1% (2023 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Traffic deathsWorsening
14.2 /100k (2015-2019) → 20.8 /100k (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /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, Whitley County, Indiana improved on 9 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 17 moved within the margin of error and 0 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

Students / teacher−4.0×18.1× → 14.2×
Weekly wage+30%$887 → $1,154
Overdose deaths−54%20.2 /100k → 9.3 /100k
Unemployment−2.9 points6.1% → 3.2%
Uninsured−1.4 points8.7% → 7.3%

Declined2

Airport+38 mi20 mi → 58 mi
Price / income+0.5×2.3× → 2.8×

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Whitley County, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.5 /10k2020	4.0 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	65%
Average commute time	24.0 min2015-2019	22.6 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Within the margin of error	83%
Average weekly wage	$8872020	$1,1542025	+30%	Improved	84%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Broadband subscriptions	81.1%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Improved	36%
Child poverty rate	9.4%2019	11.0%2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Distance to an airport	20 mi2020	58 mi2025	+38 mi	Declined	0%
Drug overdose deaths	20.2 /100k2020	9.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−54%	Improved	80%
Effective property tax rate	0.74%2015-2019	0.72%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Firearm deaths	13.2 /100k2020	12.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−9.1%	Within the margin of error	63%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−2%	Within the margin of error	45%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+63%	Within the margin of error	89%
High school diploma or higher	91.8%2015-2019	93.0%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	39%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,8872019	$65,7812024	+29%	Improved	34%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4112015-2019	0.3912020-2024	−0.020	Within the margin of error	82%
Median household income	$67,3472019	$78,5062024	+17%	Improved	13%
New business applications	5.8 /1k2020	7.2 /1k2025	+24%	Improved	27%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−35%	Within the margin of error	12%
Poverty rate	7.7%2019	8.2%2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Public libraries	0.9 /10k2019	0.9 /10k2024	−3%	Within the margin of error	36%
Rent as share of income	25.4%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	39.4%2015-2019	40.8%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Restaurants and bars	7.3 /10k2020	6.6 /10k2025	−9.9%	Within the margin of error	26%
Students per teacher	18.1×2019	14.2×2024	−4.0×	Improved	97%
Traffic deaths	14.2 /100k2015-2019	20.8 /100k2020-2024	+46%	Within the margin of error	15%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2020	3.2%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	58%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.7%2019	7.3%2024	−1.4 points	Improved	57%

“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 Whitley County, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Whitley 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, Whitley County, Indiana itself moved +0.5 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

34,618 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 (−1.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

34,618 residents

Whitley County, Indiana
Indiana share

White92%31,829
Black0.2%†56
Hispanic or Latino2.8%964
Asian0.3%119
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†30
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†11
Other or two or more races4.6%1,609

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

24,203 residents (±83)

Whitley County, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma7.0%1,693
High school or GED37%8,877
Some college21%5,011
Associate degree12%2,902
Bachelor's degree17%4,017
Graduate degree7.0%1,703

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

14,029 households (±249)

Whitley County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k11%1,602
$25k–50k16%2,294
$50k–75k21%2,915
$75k–100k16%2,285
$100k–150k19%2,625
$150k–200k10%1,405
$200k or more6.4%903

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−9.3 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

14,029 households (±249)

Whitley County, Indiana
Indiana share

Own82%11,481
Rent18%2,548

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

2,263 households (±292)

Whitley County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $75034%765
$750–1,00027%†602
$1,000–1,50033%751

Home values

11,481 homes (±369)

Whitley County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k24%2,762
$150k–250k36%4,173
$250k–400k25%2,877

Age of homes

15,030 homes (±35)

Whitley County, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later9.5%1,435
2000–200913%1,994
1980–199927%3,986

Size of homes

15,030 homes (±35)

Whitley County, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio0.2%†35
1 bedroom7.2%1,075
2 bedrooms19%2,919

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

17,303 workers (±545)

Whitley County, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone82%14,183
Carpool7.3%1,256
Public transit0.2%†29
Walk1.4%†240
Bike0.0%†4
Work from home8.1%1,407
Other1.1%†184

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−4.7 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

15,896 workers (±549)

Whitley County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min32%5,086
15–29 min35%5,568
30–44 min25%4,020

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fort Wayne, 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.

Whitley County has 699 employer establishments, 201 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Indiana's), with 12,810 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,631. The Census Bureau also counts 2,336 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 699; 2,336 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 201; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 12,810
Average annual pay: $56,631; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	48	13.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	907	$15,129	6
Specialty trade contractors	48	13.8	0.89×About typical	377	$75,085	193
Ambulatory health care services	34	9.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	337	$72,086	65
Religious organizations	32	9.2	1.66×More than typical	196	$19,980	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	24	6.9	1.37×More than typical	165	$43,279	30
Limited-service restaurants	24	6.9	0.86×About typical	565	$16,057	4
Building equipment contractors	21	6	1.00×About typical	210	$72,590	35
Lessors of real estate	21	6	0.49×Fewer than typical	72	$87,736	243
Services to buildings and dwellings	21	6	0.89×About typical	78	$36,744	181
Construction of buildings	18	5.2	0.68×Fewer than typical	79	$57,608	95
Full-service restaurants	18	5.2	0.67×Fewer than typical	282	$14,309	—
Truck transportation	18	5.2	1.02×About typical	177	$47,960	60

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 34,832 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 $336.8M on contracts performed in Whitley County, Indiana: $9,612 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $336.8M; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,612; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.2%; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

177.9MFY2017
211.3MFY2018
196.9MFY2019
288.5MFY2020
298MFY2021
359.5MFY2022
325.1MFY2023
2.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$332.7M99%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$2.2M0.6%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$2M0.6%
Other textile product mills · 3149$23.7K0.0%
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills · 3131$6300.0%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$4830.0%

Largest awards

FY23 ORDER FOR AN/SSQ-53G (UK), AN/SSQ-53G (ROK), AN/SSQ-53G (BAHRAIN), AN/SSQ-62F (UK), AN/SSQ-62F(ROK), & AN/SSQ-101B (UK)$251.3M
ERAPSCO· Whitley County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 29, 2023 – Jun 2, 2026· N0001923F0321
SONOBUOY, AN/SSQ-53H$153.4M
UNDERSEA SENSOR SYSTEMS, INC.· Whitley County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 2, 2025 – Mar 5, 2026· N0001925F2168
ACTIVE PASSIVE COMBO CAPABILITY SONOBUOY$136.9M
UNDERSEA SENSOR SYSTEMS, INC.· Whitley County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 17, 2025 – Apr 23, 2026· N0001925F0199
AN/SSQ-53H FY26 REQUIREMENT

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.

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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 $238.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Whitley County, Indiana: $6,804 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $238.4M; −0.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,804; US $12,955
Loan face value: $6.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$167.9M70%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$17.8M7.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$16.4M6.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$11.9M5.0%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$4.6M1.9%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$4.2M1.8%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$3.1M1.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2.9M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$12M5.1%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
HOFFMAN LAND & CATTLE LLC$600K0.3%
COLUMBIA CITY, IN
DAIRY ENTERPRISE LLC$599.9K0.3%
KIMMELL, IN
PARK TERRACE HEIGHTS II LP$352.4K0.1%
OKEMOS, MI
PETTIGREW FARMS LLC$307.7K

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$200.5M84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$18.6M7.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$12M5.1%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$2.5M1.0%
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

195MFY2021
207.5MFY2022
210.3MFY2023
214.6MFY2024
240.4MFY2025
238.4MFY2026

County aggregates

93%

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 Whitley 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.

Whitley County, Indiana
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitley County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$5,275	$1,436
FY2018	$6,209	$1,552
FY2019	$5,814	$1,654
FY2020	$8,402	$1,880
FY2021	$8,636	$1,810
FY2022	$10,381	$1,917
FY2023	$9,332	$2,079
FY2024	$80.68	$2,047
FY2025	$11,255	$2,165
FY2026	$9,612 (partial year)	$1,911

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitley County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$8,759	$5,748
FY2022	$10,583	$5,221
FY2023	$9,597	$5,364
FY2024	$162	$5,501
FY2025	$11,323	$5,732
FY2026	$9,955

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitley County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$110	$298
FY2022	$180	$357
FY2023	$254	$301
FY2024	$74.64	$319
FY2025	$67.80	$360
FY2026	$344

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitley County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$36.14	$239
FY2022	$39.87	$185
FY2023	$29.17	$229
FY2024	$20.61	$229
FY2025	$26.74	$249
FY2026	$31.96

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Whitley County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$690	$1,186
FY2022	$215	$465
FY2023	-$71.39	$76.52
FY2024	$20.18	$120
FY2025	$69.48	$148
FY2026	$13.11

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.

Whitley County, Indiana
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Whitley County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
2014	4.3%	2.0%
2015

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/18183

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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.

Whitley County, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Marlin A. StutzmanR-IN-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.0%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Whitley County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Fort Wayne, IN63Outlying county

Cities and towns in Whitley County

Places whose residents live mostly in Whitley 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
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Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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Calendar years	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
2014	−2.8%	−4.2%
2015	−1.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.3%	+3.3%
2018	+9.3%	+6.8%
2019	+13.1%	+10.5%
2020	+18.3%	+19.4%
2021	+30.7%	+26.1%
2022	+41.7%	+30.6%
2023	+44.7%	+35.0%
2024	+49.7%	+41.0%
2025	+53.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
2014	−5.8%	−5.5%
2015	−3.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+4.1%
2018	+8.1%	+8.9%
2019	+13.2%	+13.5%
2020	+20.8%	+20.8%
2021	+30.5%	+32.1%
2022	+34.3%	+35.4%
2023	+40.5%	+42.9%
2024	+47.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
2014	2.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
2014	+8.0%	−6.9%
2015	+2.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.6%	+4.7%
2018	+23.5%	+7.5%
2019	+22.7%	+14.0%
2020	+12.7%	+16.9%
2021	+16.9%	+21.0%
2022	+32.0%	+29.7%
2023	+39.1%	+34.9%
2024	+43.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
2014	−8.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+20.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+32.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+49.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+62.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+73.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+82.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+92.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
2014	5.1%	6.2%
2015	4.1%	5.3%
2016	3.8%	4.9%
2017	2.9%	4.4%
2018	2.8%	3.9%
2019	3.0%	3.7%
2020	6.1%	8.1%
2021	3.0%	5.4%
2022	2.5%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.6%	4.0%
2025	3.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
2014	9.4%	15.5%
2015	7.9%	14.7%
2016	9.0%	14.0%
2017	8.5%	13.4%
2018	7.1%	13.1%
2019	7.7%	12.3%
2020	7.2%	11.9%
2021	7.3%	12.8%
2022	9.0%	12.6%
2023	8.5%	12.5%
2024	8.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
2014	12.0%	13.5%
2015	9.8%	10.9%
2016	8.1%	10.0%
2017	8.6%	10.2%
2018	8.2%	10.4%
2019	8.7%	10.8%
2020	8.3%	10.4%
2021	7.3%	10.2%
2022	6.6%	9.5%
2023	6.7%	9.5%
2024	7.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Whitley County, Indiana	United States
2014	4.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.2/1k	16.6/1k

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Improved9

Declined2

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