Dearborn County is a county of 51,094 people in Indiana. 85% of homes are owner-occupied. Few US counties rank higher on income. The foreign-born share is 1%. 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At a median age of 42.1, this is an older place than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $84,735, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
25% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Dearborn County
What changed most since 1990
White share98.7% → 94.1%(−4.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants78.3% → 85.2%(+6.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.7%(601)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.9%(517)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.1%(1,105)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.4%(196)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.6%(17)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,057 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Dearborn County, decade by decade
Dearborn County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
38,835
$75,357
$143,524
10.7%
3.3
2000
46,109
$89,077
$224,246
15.4%
5.7
2010
50,047
$81,695
$230,603
16.9%
7.6
2020
50,679
$85,787
$211,501
25.7%
16.0
2024
51,094
$84,735
$243,400
25.3%
14.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
