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What are the crime rate and median income in Parke County, Indiana?
The median household earns $68,485 and the unemployment rate was 3.5% in August 2026. It is home to roughly 16,406 residents.
Last updated . Crime: FBI 2021-2025. Income and housing: Census ACS 2020-2024. Unemployment: BLS August 2026. Road work: October 11, 2026.
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What is the crime rate in Parke County?
We don't show a crime rate for Parke County: no police agency here reported a full year to the FBI in 2021-2025. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Parke County?
The median household in Parke County earns $68,485 a year, close to the Indiana median ($71,957). Owner-occupied homes have a median value of $151,200, and the median rent is $704 a month. 12.7% of households received SNAP benefits in the past year (state: 9.1%). The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.5% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 258 people out of work and looking.
| Census ACS 2020-2024 | Parke County | Indiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 16,406 | 6,851,073 | 334,922,499 |
| Median household income | $68,485 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Median home value (owner-occupied) | $151,200 | $218,200 | $332,700 |
| Median gross rent | $704 | $1,062 | $1,413 |
| Unemployment rate (2020-2024 average) | 4.4% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| People below the poverty line | 16.2% | 12.3% | 12.5% |
| Households receiving SNAP (food stamps) | 12.7% | 9.1% | 12.1% |
| Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher | 15.4% | 29.5% | 35.7% |
| Homeowner households | 82.4% | 70.6% | 65.2% |
| Median age | 41.6 | 38.1 | 38.9 |
| Households with broadband internet | 79.3% | 89.9% | 91.0% |
| People without health insurance | 14.9% | 7.4% | 8.4% |
What natural hazards and environmental sites are in Parke County?
FEMA's National Risk Index rates the overall natural-hazard risk for Parke County as “Very Low”. None of the seven hazards on our map (floods, wildfire, tornadoes, heat, earthquakes, hurricanes) is rated above “Relatively Moderate” here. The index compares counties with each other and also weighs how vulnerable and resilient a community is, so it is a long-run estimate, not a forecast.
Superfund sites
EPA lists no Superfund site in Parke County, active or completed (October 2026).
High-hazard dams
The National Inventory of Dams lists 9 high-hazard dams in Parke County. 1 is rated Poor or Unsatisfactory in condition, 6 Satisfactory or Fair. The two tallest are Cecil M. Harden Dam (119 ft) and Taylor Lake Dam (56 ft). “High hazard” describes what lies downstream (people would probably die if the dam failed), not how likely the dam is to fail.
Industrial chemical releases
1 facility in the county filed Toxics Release Inventory reports for 2024, together reporting 13 pounds of listed chemicals released on site. Reported releases are legal permitted amounts in most cases.
Disasters, air and water
No federal major disaster declaration covered Parke County from 2016 through 2025 (COVID-19 excluded). Of 7 community water systems, 3 had an open health-based drinking-water violation in EPA's records (September 2026). EPA puts the county in radon zone 2 (moderate). NHTSA counted 4 traffic deaths in the county in 2024.
Is there road construction in Parke County?
On October 11, 2026 the state transportation feed listed 1 highway work zone in Parke County (active that day). Roads listed: US 36. The map's construction layer is refreshed every morning.
See today's work zones on the map →
How many schools, nursing homes and parks are in Parke County?
Parke County has 7 public schools (2024-25) and 6 private schools (2023-24) in federal school lists. USGS mapping shows 9 fire or EMS stations and 3 police or sheriff stations. 3 state parks or recreation areas: Raccoon Lake State Recreation Area, Shades State Park and Turkey Run State Park.
Gun shops, liquor stores and Planned Parenthood in Parke County
Gun shops
One gun shop with a public storefront is on the map in Parke County, plus 5 more licensed dealers without a public storefront (not shown). On the ATF list: Pearson Sports (Marshall).
Liquor stores
One liquor store is on the map in Parke County: C and K Liquor Store (Rockville). Indiana has no complete public liquor licence list we can use, so this count also draws on OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps and may miss some stores or include closed ones.
Planned Parenthood
There is no Planned Parenthood health center in Parke County on the map.
See them on the map: gun shops · liquor stores →
Sources: ATF licensee list (Sept 2026); state liquor licence lists, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (non-official; partial in some states); HHS Title X directory and CMS NPPES.
Common questions
What is the crime rate in Parke County?
We don't show a crime rate for Parke County: no police agency here reported a full year to the FBI in 2021-2025. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Parke County?
$68,485 (Census American Community Survey, 2020-2024 average), compared with $71,957 for Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the unemployment rate in Parke County?
The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.5% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 258 people out of work and looking.
What natural hazards affect Parke County?
FEMA's National Risk Index rates the overall natural-hazard risk for Parke County as “Very Low”. None of the seven hazards on our map (floods, wildfire, tornadoes, heat, earthquakes, hurricanes) is rated above “Relatively Moderate” here.
Is there road construction in Parke County right now?
On October 11, 2026 the state transportation feed listed 1 highway work zone in Parke County (active that day). Roads listed: US 36.
How does Parke County compare with neighboring counties?
| County | Population | Violent crimes per 1,000 (2021-25) | Median household income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County | 26,409 | 2.6 | $70,010 |
| Fountain County | 16,617 | – | $62,542 |
| Montgomery County | 38,312 | 1.3 | $71,479 |
| Putnam County | 37,280 | 0.19 | $78,378 |
| Vermillion County | 15,421 | – | $60,200 |
| Vigo County | 106,109 | 3.9 | $52,976 |
More: Indiana statewide numbers · Sex-offender registry search (U.S. Justice Department, NSOPW)
Where do these numbers come from?
- Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting 2021-2025 (agency level, Return A), averaged and summed by county by Map the Block; Census population; state and national rates: FBI estimated crimes 2021-2025.
- Income, housing, education: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013 (median household income) and related tables.
- Monthly unemployment: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), county data, not seasonally adjusted. Public domain.
- Hazards: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), county scores; disasters: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
- Superfund: U.S. EPA, Superfund site boundaries and NPL status (October 2026). Dams: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Inventory of Dams (public map service, October 2026). Chemical releases: U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory, reporting year 2024 (basic data file).
- Air and water: U.S. EPA AirData, annual AQI by county 2024; EPA Air Quality Design Values 2023-2025 (June 2026); U.S. EPA SDWIS via ECHO drinking-water download (September 30, 2026). Traffic deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2024; Census population.
- Work zones: State departments of transportation, via the U.S. DOT Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) and state 511 feeds; refreshed every morning (snapshot October 11, 2026).
- Schools: National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE public school locations 2024-25; budgets: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2024; National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE Private School geocodes (Private School Survey 2023-24). Nursing homes: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Provider Information and Penalties (September 2026). Stations: U.S. Geological Survey, National Structures Dataset (Fire Stations/EMS Stations), October 2026 pull.
- Parks: USGS Protected Areas Database of the U.S. (PAD-US 4.1); state park agencies' open data (CA, NY, PA, TN, TX, FL, NJ, KY, HI, UT, MT and others); OpenStreetMap contributors for some hours, phones, fees and camping; U.S. National Park Service: unit boundaries (Land Resources Division), Acreage Report (Sept 30, 2026), park pages on nps.gov (hours, fees), Visitor Use Statistics (2025).
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