Starke County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,267 91.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,016 4.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 126 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 77 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 832 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 35 0.1%

• Under 18 5,267 22.5%
• 18–24 1,669 7.1%
• 25–44 5,386 23.1%
• 45–64 6,217 26.6%
• 65 and over 4,826 20.7%

Median household income

$67,134

90% interval $61,107–$73,161

−$4,824 vs IN · 64th of 92

Below poverty line

11.2%

90% interval 8.3%–14.1%

−0.9 pp vs IN · 50th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0.86 pp vs. state

County GDP

$690.4M

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,018

Establishments

344

• Education & health services 1,002 24.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 788 19.2%
• Manufacturing 634 15.5%
• Professional & business services 446 10.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 355 8.7%
• Public administration 296 7.2%
• Construction 171 4.2%
• Financial activities 152 3.7%
• Natural resources & mining 95 2.3%
• Other services 94 2.3%
• Information 70 1.7%

Home ownership

83.0%

+12.4 pp vs IN · 8th of 92

Median gross rent

$712

−$350 vs IN · 87th of 92

Owner-occupied

7,453

Renter-occupied

1,530

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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, $65,552/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,663/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 7,889 75.3%
• Democratic 2,436 23.2%
• Other / third-party 153 1.5%

• Spanish 215 1.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 145 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 82 0.4%
• Arabic 24 0.1%
• Tagalog 16 0.1%

Households

8,983

Family households

5,981

66.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,504

25.1% of families

Single-mother families

441

7.4% of families

Veterans

1,334

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,197 13.7%
• Catholic 2,224 9.5%
• Mainline Protestant 918 3.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7 0.0%

Health insured

92.2%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

7.8%

±1.4 pp

21st of 92

With a disability

19.7%

±1.8 pp

13th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

12.5%

±1.7 pp

−17.0 pp vs IN · 89th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.9%

90% interval 8.8%–11.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Starke 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

Knox

Traffic fatalities

2

11.05 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2