Jennings County vs Wells County

A side-by-side comparison of Jennings County and Wells County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wells County has the higher population (28,261 vs 27,584 in Jennings County). Wells County has the higher median household income ($69,741 vs $68,476 in Jennings County). Wells County has the higher median home value ($180,000 vs $154,600 in Jennings County).

Population, income & housing

	Jennings County	Wells County
Population	27,584	28,261
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,476	$69,741
Median home value	$154,600	$180,000
Median gross rent	$906	$837
Housing units	11,691	12,003
Homeownership rate	79.0%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jennings County	Wells County
Population	27,710 → 27,584 (-0.5%)	28,011 → 28,261 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$54,191 → $68,476 (+26.4%)	$59,237 → $69,741 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $154,600 (+40.8%)	$127,600 → $180,000 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $906 (+26.9%)	$702 → $837 (+19.2%)

Jennings County

Population

27,71027,584

Median household income

$54,191$68,476

Median home value

$109,800$154,600

Median gross rent

$714$906

Wells County

Population

28,01128,261

Median household income

$59,237$69,741

Median home value

$127,600$180,000

Median gross rent

$702$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jennings County	Wells County
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.6%
75 and over	6.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jennings County	Wells County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jennings County	Wells County
No high school diploma	12.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	42.9%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jennings County	Wells County
Drove alone	82.8%	85.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.1%	5.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jennings County	Wells County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Jennings County	Wells County
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1982	1972