Counties in Indiana ranked

5.4%of income goes to home energy in Jay County, the highest of 92 Indiana counties

Hamilton County is lowest at 1.7%, a gap of 3.2 times. The median Indiana county sits at 3.4%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Indiana: DOE LEAD 2022.

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Fulton County: 4.2%Decatur County: 3.1%Fountain County: 4.5%Fayette County: 4.0%Jay County: 5.4%Blackford County: 4.4%Clay County: 3.5%Morgan County: 2.8%Marshall County: 3.9%Noble County: 3.0%Benton County: 4.7%Jasper County: 3.7%Wabash County: 3.5%Tipton County: 3.8%Cass County: 3.1%Kosciusko County: 2.6%Montgomery County: 3.2%Tippecanoe County: 2.8%Martin County: 3.8%Franklin County: 3.3%Madison County: 3.4%Miami County: 3.5%Dubois County: 2.7%LaPorte County: 2.7%Lake County: 2.7%Adams County: 4.0%Orange County: 3.9%Putnam County: 3.2%Ripley County: 3.1%Lawrence County: 3.7%Greene County: 4.0%Parke County: 3.8%Warrick County: 2.4%Spencer County: 2.7%Sullivan County: 4.1%Shelby County: 3.5%Bartholomew County: 2.7%Clinton County: 3.4%Ohio County: 3.9%Posey County: 2.6%Switzerland County: 3.7%Knox County: 3.1%Jefferson County: 3.3%Hancock County: 2.5%Owen County: 4.0%Rush County: 4.0%Delaware County: 3.7%Porter County: 2.2%Floyd County: 2.5%Wayne County: 3.7%Vermillion County: 4.1%Daviess County: 3.9%Dearborn County: 3.6%Harrison County: 2.8%Scott County: 4.4%Elkhart County: 2.6%Vanderburgh County: 3.1%St. Joseph County: 2.4%Newton County: 4.3%Howard County: 3.0%Marion County: 2.3%Jennings County: 3.5%Huntington County: 3.6%Boone County: 2.0%Johnson County: 2.3%Jackson County: 3.1%Carroll County: 3.5%Vigo County: 3.4%LaGrange County: 2.7%Starke County: 3.5%Clark County: 2.8%Steuben County: 3.0%Whitley County: 3.2%Randolph County: 4.5%Perry County: 4.9%White County: 3.3%Grant County: 4.1%Brown County: 3.1%Crawford County: 3.7%Pike County: 3.1%Henry County: 4.0%Monroe County: 2.5%Warren County: 4.7%Pulaski County: 4.9%Washington County: 3.3%Union County: 3.8%Allen County: 2.5%Hamilton County: 1.7%Gibson County: 3.4%Hendricks County: 2.1%Wells County: 3.2%DeKalb County: 3.0%

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Indiana counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Indiana

Jay County leads Indiana on burden at 5.4% of income and Pulaski County follows at 4.9%. For lower-income homes the top is Warren County: 15.9% of income, against 10.2% in the median Indiana county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Indiana counties

Jay County5.4
Pulaski County4.9
Perry County4.9
Benton County4.7
Warren County4.7
Fountain County4.5
Randolph County4.5
Scott County4.4
Blackford County4.4
Newton County4.3
Indiana median county3.4

Indiana counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in Indiana	Share of income (IN)	Residents (IN)
Hamilton County	1.7%	357,176
Boone County	2.0%	72,827
Hendricks County	2.1%	179,379
Porter County	2.2%	174,150
Marion County	2.3%	971,822

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Indiana

NOAA logged 53 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Ohio County from 2015 to 2025, 884 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Indiana. FEMA scores Marion County highest at 97.5 (relatively high). In Indiana these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Indiana top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Indiana	reports 2015-2025 (IN)	Residents (IN)	Rank (IN)
Ohio County	884	5,993	1st
Pike County	853	12,187	2nd
Crawford County	753	10,494	3rd
Spencer County	720	19,871	4th
Switzerland County	605	9,914	5th

Indiana top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Indiana	score 0-100 (IN)	Residents (IN)	Rank (IN)
Marion County	97.5	971,822	1st
Lake County	95.9	498,990	2nd
Vanderburgh County	91.3	179,908	3rd
Allen County	90.8	388,791	4th
Hamilton County	88.8	357,176	5th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Indiana

Carroll County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Indiana: 8.6 from 2015 to 2025, against 0.9 in the median Indiana county. Carroll County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (1.9%, median county 0.4%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Indiana top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Indiana	claims 2015-2025 (IN)	Residents (IN)	Rank (IN)
Carroll County	8.6	20,443	1st
Jefferson County	7.9	33,074	2nd
Brown County	6.6	15,543	3rd
Clark County	5.8	122,800	4th
Switzerland County	5.0	9,914	5th

Indiana top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Indiana	% of homes insured (IN)	Residents (IN)	Rank (IN)
Carroll County	1.9%	20,443	1st
Tipton County	1.7%	15,329	2nd
Bartholomew County	1.3%	82,881	3rd
Vigo County	1.2%	106,201	4th
Kosciusko County	1.2%	80,357	5th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Indiana counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Indiana median. Most extreme: Carroll County, flood claims per 1,000 homes 8.6 against a median of 0.9.

Indiana outliers by deviation from the state median
County	Measure	Value	Indiana median	Deviations
Carroll County	Flood claims per 1,000 homes	8.6	0.9	+12.0
Jefferson County	Flood claims per 1,000 homes	7.9	0.9	+10.9
Brown County	Flood claims per 1,000 homes	6.6	0.9	+9.0
Clark County	Flood claims per 1,000 homes	5.8	0.9	+7.7
Switzerland County	Flood claims per 1,000 homes	5.0	0.9	+6.4
Carroll County	Flood insurance penetration	1.9%	0.4%	+5.7
Harrison County	Flood claims per 1,000 homes	4.6	0.9	+5.7
Ohio County	Storm reports per 100,000 residents	884	177	+5.7
Pike County	Storm reports per 100,000 residents	853	177	+5.4
Tipton County	Flood insurance penetration	1.7%	0.4%	+5.1

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Indiana

Benton County has the oldest stock: 80% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Jennings County at 65% of homes, and Bartholomew County lists 6 utilities, the most in Indiana.

Indiana top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Indiana	% of homes (IN)	Residents (IN)	Rank (IN)
Benton County	80%	8,708	1st
Cass County	79%	37,703	2nd
Wayne County	79%	66,377	3rd
Fayette County	78%	23,390	4th
Henry County	76%	48,896	5th

Indiana top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Indiana	% of homes (IN)	Residents (IN)	Rank (IN)
Jennings County	65%	27,584	1st
Jefferson County	64%	33,074	2nd
Scott County	63%	24,468	3rd
Jackson County	58%	46,319	4th
Washington County	51%	28,167	5th

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92 Indiana counties, all measures

Adams County	35,995	4.0%	10.1%	103	52.1	63%	28%	3	1.3	0.3%	37
Allen County	388,791	2.5%	8.7%	48	90.8	56%	25%	5	0.4	0.4%	186
Bartholomew County	82,881	2.7%	11.0%	80	70.9	53%	39%	6	1.7	1.3%	66
Benton County	8,708	4.7%	13.7%	586	4.9	80%	14%	4	no data	no data	51
Blackford County	12,007	4.4%	12.5%	175	9.0	72%	44%	1	no data	0.1%	21
Boone County	72,827	2.0%	9.4%	91	43.2	39%	33%	6	no data	0.7%	66
Brown County	15,543	3.1%	10.8%	335	19.7	47%	41%	4	6.6	0.8%	52
Carroll County	20,443	3.5%	9.6%	215	29.6	69%	23%	4	8.6	1.9%	44
Cass County	37,703	3.1%	7.5%	257	56.8	79%	18%	4	0.3	0.5%	97
Clark County	122,800	2.8%	8.4%	89	81.4	49%	44%	4	5.8	1.1%	109
Clay County	26,431	3.5%	11.7%	140	27.0	60%	51%	4	0.4	0.2%	37
Clinton County	32,967	3.4%	8.2%	164	30.5	75%	21%	5	no data	0.3%	54
Crawford County	10,494	3.7%	10.6%	753	25.8	43%	49%	3	2.3	0.3%	79
Daviess County	33,442	3.9%	10.6%	144	58.8	58%	27%	4	no data	0.1%	48
DeKalb County	43,584	3.0%	8.9%	117	41.3	55%	24%	4	no data	0.3%	51
Dearborn County	50,828	3.6%	14.0%	169	45.2	48%	39%	3	1.3	0.2%	86
Decatur County	26,411	3.1%	10.0%	220	23.1	60%	39%	4	0.5	0.2%	58
Delaware County	112,109	3.7%	10.1%	83	76.3	70%	31%	2	0.8	0.7%	93
Dubois County	43,563	2.7%	8.9%	337	59.1	49%	34%	5	0.5	0.2%	147
Elkhart County	206,868	2.6%	8.1%	76	83.7	54%	13%	4	1.7	0.5%	158
Fayette County	23,390	4.0%	11.0%	205	33.5	78%	27%	3	0.6	0.5%	48
Floyd County	80,512	2.5%	9.3%	79	75.4	53%	43%	3	1.7	0.5%	64
Fountain County	16,546	4.5%	12.9%	272	21.2	70%	23%	2	no data	0.1%	45
Franklin County	22,929	3.3%	11.1%	253	34.2	47%	37%	5	1.2	0.3%	58
Fulton County	20,411	4.2%	11.3%	279	20.2	65%	18%	3	0.9	0.4%	57
Gibson County	32,986	3.4%	10.9%	467	48.0	59%	37%	4	no data	0.2%	154
Grant County	66,377	4.1%	11.8%	93	69.4	74%	36%	3	no data	0.2%	62
Greene County	30,954	4.0%	11.5%	136	42.5	55%	33%	5	no data	0.3%	42
Hamilton County	357,176	1.7%	9.1%	26	88.8	19%	37%	6	0.3	0.5%	94
Hancock County	82,013	2.5%	8.6%	94	44.0	39%	30%	5	no data	0.6%	77
Harrison County	39,785	2.8%	9.3%	236	51.0	42%	51%	2	4.6	0.3%	94
Hendricks County	179,379	2.1%	8.6%	56	76.8	29%	38%	4	0.2	0.3%	101
Henry County	48,896	4.0%	10.9%	92	44.8	76%	27%	3	0.3	0.2%	45
Howard County	83,610	3.0%	8.5%	97	63.7	67%	25%	3	0.6	0.4%	81
Huntington County	36,757	3.6%	9.6%	316	38.2	66%	33%	4	2.0	0.3%	116
Jackson County	46,319	3.1%	10.5%	97	52.9	52%	58%	3	0.8	0.8%	45
Jasper County	33,198	3.7%	12.3%	274	32.8	48%	12%	3	1.6	0.7%	91
Jay County	20,281	5.4%	13.6%	212	22.9	74%	26%	1	1.0	0.1%	43
Jefferson County	33,074	3.3%	9.9%	206	48.3	64%	64%	4	7.9	0.5%	68
Jennings County	27,584	3.5%	9.6%	83	31.9	48%	65%	5	no data	0.2%	23
Johnson County	163,983	2.3%	9.0%	40	74.7	35%	32%	5	1.1	0.7%	65
Knox County	36,108	3.1%	9.6%	352	55.3	71%	33%	4	0.6	0.4%	127
Kosciusko County	80,357	2.6%	8.5%	173	66.3	51%	18%	6	0.9	1.2%	139
LaGrange County	40,596	2.7%	8.6%	153	62.4	48%	12%	4	1.0	0.8%	62
LaPorte County	112,141	2.7%	8.3%	79	78.9	66%	9%	3	0.3	0.3%	89
Lake County	498,990	2.7%	9.7%	42	95.9	67%	10%	2	0.5	0.5%	209
Lawrence County	45,077	3.7%	10.2%	104	47.8	57%	40%	4	0.3	0.2%	47
Madison County	130,949	3.4%	10.3%	80	77.3	71%	26%	5	0.3	0.4%	105
Marion County	971,822	2.3%	8.3%	20	97.5	59%	41%	2	0.7	0.7%	192
Marshall County	46,225	3.9%	11.6%	227	41.6	59%	13%	3	0.9	0.2%	105
Martin County	9,854	3.8%	11.7%	436	12.3	51%	31%	4	no data	0.1%	43
Miami County	35,772	3.5%	10.2%	151	52.8	73%	24%	4	no data	0.3%	54
Monroe County	139,822	2.5%	9.6%	51	76.0	43%	47%	5	1.2	0.4%	71
Montgomery County	38,155	3.2%	8.6%	142	41.0	68%	24%	5	0.4	0.2%	54
Morgan County	72,202	2.8%	9.9%	87	63.5	50%	41%	5	1.0	0.7%	63
Newton County	13,859	4.3%	11.8%	440	11.7	72%	11%	2	1.8	0.7%	61
Noble County	47,417	3.0%	9.1%	154	44.2	55%	26%	4	3.0	0.9%	73
Ohio County	5,993	3.9%	12.0%	884	3.4	55%	45%	2	no data	1.1%	53
Orange County	19,746	3.9%	10.8%	304	40.5	52%	33%	2	0.6	0.3%	60
Owen County	21,434	4.0%	11.7%	210	35.1	52%	35%	4	1.5	0.4%	45
Parke County	16,346	3.8%	11.8%	214	27.6	60%	31%	1	0.8	0.2%	35
Perry County	19,218	4.9%	15.8%	276	35.0	59%	31%	2	1.6	0.5%	53
Pike County	12,187	3.1%	9.9%	853	19.2	63%	32%	5	no data	0.1%	104
Porter County	174,150	2.2%	7.8%	91	81.4	49%	10%	3	0.3	0.2%	158
Posey County	25,163	2.6%	10.6%	509	46.3	59%	43%	3	1.1	0.9%	128
Pulaski County	12,441	4.9%	13.7%	233	11.2	63%	11%	4	3.0	0.7%	29
Putnam County	37,091	3.2%	10.7%	197	42.8	51%	39%	5	no data	0.2%	73
Randolph County	24,425	4.5%	12.5%	192	31.5	76%	29%	3	0.6	0.5%	47
Ripley County	29,039	3.1%	10.2%	520	46.8	55%	38%	3	1.1	0.1%	151
Rush County	16,734	4.0%	10.4%	514	15.8	73%	28%	4	no data	0.4%	86
Scott County	24,468	4.4%	12.1%	180	22.3	48%	63%	3	no data	0.2%	44
Shelby County	45,104	3.5%	10.6%	186	43.4	63%	38%	4	1.6	1.1%	84
Spencer County	19,871	2.7%	9.2%	720	39.4	51%	34%	2	0.9	0.8%	143
St. Joseph County	272,574	2.4%	8.0%	74	85.8	65%	15%	5	0.6	0.2%	203
Starke County	23,300	3.5%	9.5%	215	24.9	63%	10%	3	1.4	0.4%	50
Steuben County	34,648	3.0%	10.8%	237	27.2	50%	14%	3	no data	0.5%	82
Sullivan County	20,766	4.1%	12.2%	164	20.6	61%	39%	4	no data	0.0%	34
Switzerland County	9,914	3.7%	10.7%	605	11.6	43%	51%	3	5.0	1.0%	60
Tippecanoe County	187,399	2.8%	8.5%	61	81.8	44%	36%	3	0.2	0.3%	115
Tipton County	15,329	3.8%	11.1%	254	8.9	69%	28%	3	no data	1.7%	39
Union County	7,028	3.8%	11.3%	470	5.2	68%	35%	2	no data	0.0%	33
Vanderburgh County	179,908	3.1%	10.0%	98	91.3	64%	38%	1	1.2	0.7%	177
Vermillion County	15,452	4.1%	12.5%	175	23.4	70%	41%	1	no data	0.6%	27
Vigo County	106,201	3.4%	10.0%	68	83.2	64%	47%	3	0.8	1.2%	72
Wabash County	30,901	3.5%	11.1%	120	41.0	72%	29%	5	1.0	0.5%	37
Warren County	8,469	4.7%	15.9%	378	5.8	60%	18%	2	no data	0.1%	32
Warrick County	64,650	2.4%	9.5%	229	65.1	44%	36%	3	0.4	0.6%	148
Washington County	28,167	3.3%	9.7%	249	40.9	48%	51%	4	0.9	0.1%	70
Wayne County	66,377	3.7%	10.3%	142	74.1	79%	27%	3	0.5	0.3%	94
Wells County	28,261	3.2%	8.7%	173	22.8	62%	30%	3	0.8	0.3%	49
White County	24,709	3.3%	9.2%	223	38.5	68%	17%	5	4.0	0.9%	55
Whitley County	34,388	3.2%	10.2%	238	24.6	49%	26%	6	0.4	0.5%	82

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Sources

Indiana sources with periods and retrieval dates
Source	Period	Retrieved
DOE LEAD (IN)	2022	2 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (IN)	Dec 2025	2 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (IN)	2015 to 2025	2 Oct 2026
Census ACS (IN)	2019 to 2023	2 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (IN)	2024	1 Oct 2026

Indiana LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Indiana county has the highest home energy burden?

Jay County: 5.4% of income, against 3.4% for the median Indiana county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Indiana county has the lowest energy burden?

Hamilton County at 1.7% of income.

How does Indiana compare with the whole country?

The median Indiana county has a burden of 3.4% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 92 Indiana counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Indiana?

Ohio County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 884 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Indiana county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Marion County: 97.5, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Indiana?

Benton County: 80% of homes were built before 1980; the median Indiana county is at 59% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Indiana county relies most on electric heat?

Jennings County: 65% of homes heat with electricity, against 32% in the median county.

Which Indiana county has the most flood claims per home?

Carroll County: 8.6 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Indiana county has 0.9 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Indiana?

No: in Indiana they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Indiana households get help with bills?

See the Indiana help page. Highest burden: Jay County.