Wabash County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 28,441 92.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 982 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 284 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 130 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 903 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 83 0.3%

• Under 18 6,505 21.1%
• 18–24 2,653 8.6%
• 25–44 7,010 22.7%
• 45–64 7,945 25.8%
• 65 and over 6,731 21.8%

Median household income

$68,224

90% interval $61,971–$74,477

−$3,734 vs IN · 55th of 92

Below poverty line

10.7%

90% interval 8.4%–13.0%

−1.4 pp vs IN · 55th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.33% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,569

Establishments

794

• Education & health services 3,094 25.3%
• Manufacturing 2,604 21.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,110 17.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,218 10.0%
• Professional & business services 769 6.3%
• Construction 635 5.2%
• Natural resources & mining 574 4.7%
• Public administration 497 4.1%
• Information 40 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 94.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.5%

+9.9 pp vs IN · 28th of 92

Median gross rent

$762

−$300 vs IN · 80th of 92

Owner-occupied

10,200

Renter-occupied

2,474

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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, $73,880/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,206/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 10,425 74.7%
• Democratic 3,335 23.9%
• Other / third-party 195 1.4%

• Spanish 389 1.3%
• German or other West Germanic 51 0.2%
• Tagalog 39 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 33 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 19 0.1%
• Chinese 2 0.0%

Households

12,674

Family households

8,129

64.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,275

28.0% of families

Single-mother families

633

7.8% of families

Veterans

1,539

6.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,071 19.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,549 11.5%
• Catholic 955 3.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 219 0.7%
• Black Protestant 150 0.5%

Health insured

95.2%

±1 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±1 pp

77th of 92

With a disability

15.4%

±1.4 pp

50th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

23.1%

±2.4 pp

−6.4 pp vs IN · 28th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.6%

90% interval 6.7%–8.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Wabash Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Wabash

Traffic fatalities

6

24.65 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5