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Spencer County, Indiana in numbers: crime, income, hazards
Households here have a median income of $74,506 and the unemployment rate was 3.1% in August 2026. Population: about 19,955 (Census, 2020-2024).
Last updated . Crime: FBI 2021-2025. Income and housing: Census ACS 2020-2024. Unemployment: BLS August 2026. Road work: October 11, 2026.
Also on the map: income · hazard risk · Superfund · dams
What is the crime rate in Spencer County?
We don't show a crime rate for Spencer County: only 15% of residents live where a police agency reported a full year; counts are partial. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Spencer County?
The median household in Spencer County earns $74,506 a year, close to the Indiana median ($71,957). Owner-occupied homes have a median value of $185,200, and the median rent is $751 a month. 6.7% of households received SNAP benefits in the past year (state: 9.1%). The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.1% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 323 people out of work and looking.
| Census ACS 2020-2024 | Spencer County | Indiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 19,955 | 6,851,073 | 334,922,499 |
| Median household income | $74,506 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Median home value (owner-occupied) | $185,200 | $218,200 | $332,700 |
| Median gross rent | $751 | $1,062 | $1,413 |
| Unemployment rate (2020-2024 average) | 3.3% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| People below the poverty line | 7.5% | 12.3% | 12.5% |
| Households receiving SNAP (food stamps) | 6.7% | 9.1% | 12.1% |
| Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher | 22.0% | 29.5% | 35.7% |
| Homeowner households | 81.3% | 70.6% | 65.2% |
| Median age | 44.4 | 38.1 | 38.9 |
| Households with broadband internet | 84.1% | 89.9% | 91.0% |
| People without health insurance | 4.7% | 7.4% | 8.4% |
What natural hazards and environmental sites are in Spencer County?
Spencer County carries a “Very Low” overall rating in FEMA's National Risk Index. No single hazard among floods, wildfire, tornadoes, heat waves, earthquakes and hurricanes is rated higher than “Relatively Moderate”. 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 Spencer County, active or completed (October 2026).
High-hazard dams
The National Inventory of Dams lists 6 high-hazard dams in Spencer County. 1 is rated Poor or Unsatisfactory in condition, 5 Satisfactory or Fair. The two tallest are Christmas Lake Dam (42 ft) and Dale Lake Dam (41 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
5 facilities in the county filed Toxics Release Inventory reports for 2024, together reporting 8,889,896 pounds of listed chemicals released on site. Reported releases are legal permitted amounts in most cases.
Disasters, air and water
Spencer County was covered by 1 federal major disaster declaration from 2016 through 2025 (Flood 1), not counting COVID-19. EPA air monitors logged 0 days in 2024 when the air quality index reached “unhealthy for sensitive groups” or worse. Of 9 community water systems, none 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 7 traffic deaths in the county in 2024.
Is there road construction in Spencer County?
Spencer County had 3 highway work zones in the October 11, 2026 feed from the state DOT (2 active that day). Where crews are working: IN 66 and US 231. 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 Spencer County?
Spencer County has 10 public schools (2024-25) and 0 private schools (2023-24) in federal school lists. 3 nursing homes are certified by Medicare or Medicaid here; star ratings for each are on the map and on Medicare's Care Compare. USGS mapping shows 11 fire or EMS stations and 3 police or sheriff stations. Park Service units in the area: Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. 1 state park or recreation area: Lincoln State Park.
Gun shops, liquor stores and Planned Parenthood in Spencer County
Gun shops
No gun shops with a public storefront are on the map in Spencer County. There are 3 licensed dealers without a public storefront (not shown).
Liquor stores
3 liquor stores are on the map in Spencer County: Bluff City Liquors (Rockport), Dale Package Liquor Store (Dale) and Old Tyme Liquors. 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 Spencer County on the map.
See them on the map: 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 Spencer County?
We don't show a crime rate for Spencer County: only 15% of residents live where a police agency reported a full year; counts are partial. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Spencer County?
$74,506 (Census American Community Survey, 2020-2024 average), compared with $71,957 for Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the unemployment rate in Spencer County?
The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.1% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 323 people out of work and looking.
What natural hazards affect Spencer County?
Spencer County carries a “Very Low” overall rating in FEMA's National Risk Index. No single hazard among floods, wildfire, tornadoes, heat waves, earthquakes and hurricanes is rated higher than “Relatively Moderate”.
Is there road construction in Spencer County right now?
Spencer County had 3 highway work zones in the October 11, 2026 feed from the state DOT (2 active that day). Where crews are working: IN 66 and US 231.
How many nursing homes are in Spencer County?
3 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes (CMS provider data, September 2026).
How does Spencer County compare with neighboring counties?
| County | Population | Violent crimes per 1,000 (2021-25) | Median household income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daviess County, KY | 103,648 | 2.3 | $68,214 |
| Dubois County | 43,614 | 1.4 | $75,979 |
| Hancock County, KY | 9,034 | 0.49 | $65,464 |
| Perry County | 19,270 | 2.0 | $61,151 |
| Warrick County | 65,261 | 3.2 | $89,844 |
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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