Tipton County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,241 92.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 499 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 168 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 46 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 339 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 44 0.3%

• Under 18 3,145 20.5%
• 18–24 1,141 7.4%
• 25–44 3,491 22.7%
• 45–64 4,170 27.2%
• 65 and over 3,399 22.1%

Median household income

$72,684

90% interval $64,930–$80,438

+$726 vs IN · 34th of 92

Below poverty line

7.8%

90% interval 5.9%–9.7%

−4.3 pp vs IN · 85th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$735.9M

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,376

Establishments

350

• Manufacturing 1,015 22.2%
• Education & health services 877 19.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 732 16.0%
• Construction 507 11.1%
• Natural resources & mining 412 9.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 344 7.5%
• Public administration 311 6.8%
• Professional & business services 205 4.5%
• Financial activities 107 2.3%
• Other services 56 1.2%
• Information 15 0.3%

Home ownership

81.4%

+10.8 pp vs IN · 20th of 92

Median gross rent

$842

−$220 vs IN · 56th of 92

Owner-occupied

5,099

Renter-occupied

1,167

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $82,166/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,979/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 5,946 74.5%
• Democratic 1,893 23.7%
• Other / third-party 137 1.7%

• Spanish 287 2.0%
• German or other West Germanic 41 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 31 0.2%
• Chinese 18 0.1%
• Tagalog 14 0.1%
• Arabic 12 0.1%

Households

6,266

Family households

4,719

75.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,278

27.1% of families

Single-mother families

201

4.3% of families

Veterans

808

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,942 19.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,453 9.5%
• Catholic 891 5.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

91.6%

±2.7 pp

Uninsured

8.4%

±2.7 pp

17th of 92

With a disability

13.9%

±1.7 pp

66th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

23.5%

±3.1 pp

−6.0 pp vs IN · 27th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.1%

90% interval 7.2%–9.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Tipton 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

Tipton

Traffic fatalities

2

16.39 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2