Orange County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,441 93.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 360 1.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 230 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 89 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 616 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 30 0.2%

• Under 18 4,531 22.9%
• 18–24 1,475 7.5%
• 25–44 4,502 22.8%
• 45–64 5,148 26.0%
• 65 and over 4,111 20.8%

Median household income

$59,152

90% interval $52,927–$65,377

−$12,806 vs IN · 87th of 92

Below poverty line

13.4%

90% interval 10.7%–16.1%

+1.3 pp vs IN · 26th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−0.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$991.6M

0.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,755

Establishments

405

• Leisure & hospitality 2,290 31.0%
• Education & health services 1,367 18.5%
• Manufacturing 1,002 13.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 964 13.1%
• Construction 842 11.4%
• Public administration 300 4.1%
• Professional & business services 165 2.2%
• Natural resources & mining 159 2.2%
• Other services 134 1.8%
• Financial activities 115 1.6%
• Information 50 0.7%

Home ownership

78.7%

+8.1 pp vs IN · 38th of 92

Median gross rent

$855

−$207 vs IN · 50th of 92

Owner-occupied

6,272

Renter-occupied

1,698

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Construction, $78,284/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Information, $29,653/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 6,467 75.3%
• Democratic 1,988 23.1%
• Other / third-party 135 1.6%

• German or other West Germanic 342 1.8%
• Spanish 103 0.6%
• Chinese 22 0.1%
• Tagalog 17 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 11 0.1%
• Vietnamese 8 0.0%
• Arabic 5 0.0%

Households

7,970

Family households

5,178

65.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,396

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

450

8.7% of families

Veterans

895

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,792 24.1%
• Mainline Protestant 1,903 9.6%
• Catholic 409 2.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 379 1.9%

Health insured

92.6%

±2.8 pp

Uninsured

7.4%

±2.8 pp

30th of 92

With a disability

18.4%

±1.9 pp

26th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

16.1%

±2.3 pp

−13.4 pp vs IN · 74th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.7%

90% interval 8.6%–10.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Orange Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Paoli

Traffic fatalities

3

19.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3