Spencer County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,591 93.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 721 3.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 113 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 49 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 395 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 78 0.4%

• Under 18 4,313 21.6%
• 18–24 1,380 6.9%
• 25–44 4,557 22.8%
• 45–64 5,589 28.0%
• 65 and over 4,116 20.6%

Median household income

$76,789

90% interval $69,640–$83,938

+$4,831 vs IN · 28th of 92

Below poverty line

10.4%

90% interval 8.6%–12.2%

−1.7 pp vs IN · 58th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,275

Establishments

498

• Leisure & hospitality 1,313 19.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,310 19.1%
• Education & health services 1,228 17.9%
• Manufacturing 1,211 17.6%
• Construction 434 6.3%
• Public administration 352 5.1%
• Professional & business services 297 4.3%
• Other services 274 4.0%
• Financial activities 171 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 171 2.5%
• Information 113 1.6%

Home ownership

81.3%

+10.7 pp vs IN · 23rd of 92

Median gross rent

$751

−$311 vs IN · 83rd of 92

Owner-occupied

6,571

Renter-occupied

1,507

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% 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 (Manufacturing, $78,147/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,142/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 7,364 70.6%
• Democratic 2,853 27.4%
• Other / third-party 209 2.0%

• Spanish 496 2.6%
• German or other West Germanic 99 0.5%
• Chinese 30 0.2%
• Tagalog 9 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.0%
• Korean 4 0.0%
• Arabic 3 0.0%
• Vietnamese 1 0.0%

Households

8,078

Family households

5,546

68.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,408

25.4% of families

Single-mother families

264

4.8% of families

Veterans

1,067

6.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 3,831 19.3%
• Mainline Protestant 3,242 16.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,140 10.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

95.3%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±1.1 pp

79th of 92

With a disability

14.2%

±1.6 pp

61st of 92

Bachelor's or higher

22.0%

±2.4 pp

−7.5 pp vs IN · 30th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.8%

90% interval 6.9%–8.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Spencer 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

Rockport

Traffic fatalities

7

44.75 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6