Warren County, Indiana: commercial real estate data.

Warren County

How many people live in Warren County

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-20248,464
• Households3,359
• Average household size2.52
• Median household income$82,425
• Median age43.5
• Median gross rent$830 per month
• Median owner-occupied home value$182,500
• Home value to household income2.2 times
• Annual rent as a share of median income12.1 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.5 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.0 percent
• Adults 25 and over6,090
• Population under 181,833
• Share under 1821.7 percent
• Population 65 and over1,812
• Share 65 and over21.4 percent
• Working age population, 18 to 644,819
• Civilian labor force4,424
• Unemployment rate4.4 percent
• Labor force participation, adults 18 and over66.7 percent
• Rank by population among Indiana counties90th of 92
• Rank by population among US county-equivalents, Puerto Rico included2612th of 3,222

Warren County is the 90th largest of 92 Indiana counties by population. A median home costs 2.2 times median household income, which is affordable by national standards. Residents under 18 outnumber those 65 and over, at 21.7 percent against 21.4 percent, a household formation profile rather than a retirement one.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

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Where are people moving to Warren County from?

• Tax returns filed by households arriving209
• People arriving, from those returns412
• Tax returns filed by households leaving199
• Net household movement10
• Adjusted gross income arriving$11.5 m
• Net adjusted gross income movement$3.1 m
• Average income of an arriving household$54,890
• Average income of a leaving household$42,045
• Largest single originFountain County (69 households)
• Largest single destinationFountain County (68 households)

Households arriving report $12,845 more average income than households leaving, so the migration is raising local spending power rather than just moving it around. The largest single source of arrivals is Fountain County, which is the catchment a retail or multifamily study should look at first.

US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.

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Employment by industry in Warren County

• Covered employment, annual average1,962
• Establishments reporting169
• Average annual pay$52,582
• Average weekly wage$1,011
• Manufacturing, employment421
• Manufacturing, average annual pay$49,564
• Health care and social assistance, employment215
• Health care and social assistance, average annual pay$67,603
• Transportation and warehousing, employment145
• Transportation and warehousing, average annual pay$66,294
• Construction, employment123
• Construction, average annual pay$60,369
• Wholesale trade, employment115
• Professional, scientific and technical services, employment50

Manufacturing is the largest private sector at 421 jobs, 21.5 percent of covered employment.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

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Building permits in Warren County

• Housing units authorized by permit, 202427
• Declared construction value permitted$9.5 m
• Single family units authorized27
• Multifamily units authorized0
• Multifamily share of units0.0 percent
• Average declared value per unit$351,990
• Units authorized per 1,000 households8.0

Single-family homes are 100.0 percent of units authorized, so the pipeline is predominantly single-family.

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

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SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Warren County

Do SBA loans in Warren County get paid back?

• Loans with a final outcome recorded0
• Paid in full0
• Charged off0
• Status: Exempt from disclosure2
• Status: Cancelled1
• Status: Committed, not yet disbursed1

Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

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Flood risk in Warren County

• Participation of the county's own NFIP community Warren County, unincorporated areasParticipating, community 180448
• Communities in the county in the NFIP Community Status Book5
• Of those, participating in the NFIP5
• NFIP participation rate100.0 percent
• Communities carrying a CRS class0
• Radon levels in Warren County, EPA zone predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/LZone 1

The county's own community in the status book, unincorporated Warren County (community 180448), participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies there. The EPA places Warren County in radon zone 1, a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L. The zone is a screening prediction for the county and does not substitute for a test at an address. 100.0 percent of the county's listed communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, per Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.

Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26. US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001.

Feasibility studies

When a Warren County site needs a document a lender will accept.

The same data layer behind this page is the one the studies are written from. A study for a Warren County site starts with the figures you are reading, carrying the same source and period into the credit file.

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-20248,464
• Households3,359
• Average household size2.52
• Median household income$82,425
• Median age43.5

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Cities and places in Warren.

14 Census places lie wholly or partly in Warren County. 13 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked. The rest are named here and not linked, because the American Community Survey and the SBA record between them do not carry enough about them to write an honest page. A place existing is itself worth knowing, so nothing in the county is left out.