Fountain County vs Parke County

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain County and Parke County: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountain County and Parke County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fountain County has the higher population (16,546 vs 16,346 in Parke County). Parke County has the higher median household income ($66,776 vs $62,526 in Fountain County). Parke County has the higher median home value ($139,300 vs $133,200 in Fountain County).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain County	Parke County
Population	16,546	16,346
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,526	$66,776
Median home value	$133,200	$139,300
Median gross rent	$837	$731
Housing units	7,823	7,625
Homeownership rate	74.7%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain County	Parke County
Population	16,430 → 16,546 (+0.7%)	16,946 → 16,346 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$52,874 → $62,526 (+18.3%)	$52,618 → $66,776 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $133,200 (+29.3%)	$88,900 → $139,300 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $837 (+24.2%)	$619 → $731 (+18.1%)

Fountain County

Population

16,43016,546

Median household income

$52,874$62,526

Median home value

$103,000$133,200

Median gross rent

$674$837

Parke County

Population

16,94616,346

Median household income

$52,618$66,776

Median home value

$88,900$139,300

Median gross rent

$619$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain County	Parke County
Under 5	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.2%
75 and over	8.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain County	Parke County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain County	Parke County
No high school diploma	10.3%	15.9%
High school graduate	44.0%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain County	Parke County
Drove alone	80.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	12.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	3.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	12.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain County	Parke County
1-unit, detached	78.6%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Fountain County	Parke County
Poverty rate	12.4%	17.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1964	1973