Hancock County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 74,042 88.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,952 3.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,960 3.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 929 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,797 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 49 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 22 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 286 0.3%

• Under 18 19,505 23.2%
• 18–24 6,076 7.2%
• 25–44 21,968 26.1%
• 45–64 21,947 26.1%
• 65 and over 14,541 17.3%

Median household income

$96,513

90% interval $87,744–$105,282

+$24,555 vs IN · 3rd of 92

Below poverty line

5.8%

90% interval 4.7%–6.9%

−6.3 pp vs IN · 89th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.58 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.9B

0.95% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,519

Establishments

2,136

• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,477 24.7%
• Education & health services 6,040 20.0%
• Manufacturing 5,043 16.7%
• Professional & business services 3,795 12.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,886 9.5%
• Construction 1,852 6.1%
• Public administration 1,411 4.7%
• Financial activities 778 2.6%
• Other services 602 2.0%
• Information 180 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 169 0.6%

Home ownership

79.5%

+8.9 pp vs IN · 34th of 92

Median gross rent

$1,203

+$141 vs IN · 6th of 92

Owner-occupied

26,619

Renter-occupied

6,855

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Information, $82,341/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,783/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 29,288 65.9%
• Democratic 14,312 32.2%
• Other / third-party 831 1.9%

• Spanish 1,731 2.2%
• German or other West Germanic 101 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 90 0.1%
• Vietnamese 62 0.1%
• Korean 47 0.1%
• Tagalog 36 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 20 0.0%
• Arabic 17 0.0%

Households

33,474

Family households

23,789

71.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,812

32.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,191

5.0% of families

Veterans

4,747

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,734 19.7%
• Catholic 5,671 7.1%
• Mainline Protestant 4,664 5.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 224 0.3%

Health insured

94.5%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

5.5%

±0.7 pp

64th of 92

With a disability

13.6%

±1.3 pp

69th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

34.9%

±2.1 pp

+5.4 pp vs IN · 7th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.3%

90% interval 5.6%–7.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Hancock Circuit Court

Judges

4 (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

Greenfield

Traffic fatalities

9

13.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9