Franklin County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,023 95.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 270 1.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 207 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 403 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 91 0.4%

• Under 18 5,064 22.0%
• 18–24 1,725 7.5%
• 25–44 5,179 22.5%
• 45–64 6,378 27.7%
• 65 and over 4,674 20.3%

Median household income

$79,204

90% interval $71,573–$86,835

+$7,246 vs IN · 19th of 92

Below poverty line

8.6%

90% interval 6.6%–10.6%

−3.5 pp vs IN · 77th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$773.3M

0.15% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,746

Establishments

370

• Education & health services 1,194 26.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 931 20.6%
• Manufacturing 805 17.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 412 9.1%
• Public administration 298 6.6%
• Professional & business services 252 5.6%
• Financial activities 165 3.7%
• Information 28 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 90.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.5%

+10.9 pp vs IN · 18th of 92

Median gross rent

$870

−$192 vs IN · 46th of 92

Owner-occupied

7,509

Renter-occupied

1,702

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $68,465/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,094/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 9,810 81.5%
• Democratic 2,061 17.1%
• Other / third-party 161 1.3%

• Korean 206 0.9%
• Vietnamese 137 0.6%
• Spanish 69 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 63 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 41 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 36 0.2%

Households

9,211

Family households

6,383

69.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,484

23.2% of families

Single-mother families

528

8.3% of families

Veterans

1,617

9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 4,544 19.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,735 12.0%
• Mainline Protestant 1,034 4.5%
• Black Protestant 180 0.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

93.3%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

6.7%

±2.2 pp

45th of 92

With a disability

13.3%

±1.7 pp

73rd of 92

Bachelor's or higher

19.5%

±2.6 pp

−10.0 pp vs IN · 52nd of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.5%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Franklin Circuit Court

Judges

3 (Combined Circuit + Superior Court trial-court judges per county (both have general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 Indiana Office of Judicial Administration Judicial Service Report, cross-checked against courts.in.gov per-county rosters. Counties with a count of 1 operate the Circuit Court only; larger counties add Superior Court judges with concurrent general jurisdiction. Marion County (Indianapolis) is by far the largest single-county bench in Indiana.)

Court seats

Brookville

Traffic fatalities

2

11.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2