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Fountain County, IN

Demographic and economic profile of Fountain County, IN, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Fountain County is a small rural Indiana county of 16,546 residents with a median age of 42.7 and a labor force participation rate of 61.9%, drawing from a workforce where 89.7% hold a high school diploma but only 13.7% have a bachelor's degree or higher. Median worker earnings stand at $40,408 against a median household income of $62,542, and housing costs remain low, with a median home value of $133,200 and median gross rent of $837 per month. Population has been essentially flat over five years (+0.4%), the unemployment rate sits at 4.5%, and a 74.7% homeownership rate reflects the county's established, owner-occupant character.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

16,546

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$62,542

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

42.7 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

+0.4% since 2018

Fountain County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone15,522 (93.4%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race398 (2.4%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races338 (2.0%)
  • Some Other Race Alone202 (1.2%)
  • Black or African American Alone112 (0.7%)
  • Asian Alone36 (0.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish218
  2. 2.Other Indo-European112
  3. 3.German or other West Germanic28
  4. 4.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)15
  5. 5.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)3

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

22.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

58.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

19.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.3%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

914

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$33,257

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$31,232

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

4.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

12.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Manufacturing (Group)1,925
  2. 2.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,884
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)800
  4. 4.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services500
  5. 5.Construction (Group)499

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,536
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,817
  3. 3.Service Occupations1,293
  4. 4.Sales & Office Occupations1,292
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations975

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Manufacturing (LQ 2.71×)2,108
  2. 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 2.52×)314
  3. 3.Information (LQ 1.21×)177
  4. 4.Other Services (LQ 1.12×)411
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 0.94×)803

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$133,200

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$837/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

74.6%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $100,000 to $124,999781 (15.1%)
  • $200,000 to $249,999664 (12.8%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999586 (11.3%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999368 (7.1%)
  • $125,000 to $149,999362 (7.0%)
  • $300,000 to $399,999360 (6.9%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

13.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

89.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

61.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$40,408

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

25.1 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

3.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone6,400 (83.1%)
  • Carpooled657 (8.5%)
  • Worked At Home442 (5.7%)
  • Walked136 (1.8%)
  • Public Transit31 (0.4%)
  • Other28 (0.4%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.