The 10 Poorest Counties in the State of Indiana
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- Опубликовано: 4 мар 2021
- Every state has poverty-stricken communities, as well as affluent areas. There are the haves and the have-nots. In many communities across America, people are struggling to survive. They don't know where their next meal is coming from, or if they'll get to keep a roof over their heads. It's getting harder and harder to make it in this world. In this video, we are taking a looking at the ten counties in Indiana that have the lowest median household income.
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you do realize that being poor isn't a crime, many good paying jobs don't require a degree, and many are happier with a simpler life than living in a city. so poor is only affecting if you forget the better parts of life. Faith and family. This type of life makes one hard working, resourceful, and having the ability to deal with what comes. Better than most city folk.
There was no "tone" to the video it was all statistics.
I'm a Hoosier in my sixties, this comment is a fantasy. I still work in a factory and am not remarkable in any way. Our state is and has always been an absolute embarrassment! Indiana has produced some of the most admired people in U.S. history. NO thanks to a rotten and no good state government!
This is three years old. It would probably be very surprising to see how much real estate values and rental prices have gone up.
I can tell you a little. From 200k to 300k in the past 6 years. They also sell almost as soon as listed in my very poor town unless priced 5 digits too high.
My county assessment has doubled in 3 years.
Yeah look into Monroe County. I.U. made all the landlords sell
Being poor isn’t a sin, it’s just inconvenient
It’s not so much a inconvenience, it’s just more of struggle to make it through day to day life!
Crawford County doesn't surprise me, as it consists mostly of Hoosier National Forest land. Very beautiful area. Neighboring Perry County is pretty and peaceful as well, nice hills and forest lands in this,area
I missed the poop on the sidewalk rate ? I also missed the being mugged as people walk around town rate ? I missed the guy jumping on your windshield and pulling off your wipers rate? I could go on and on....I've lived in the largest Cities and very small towns. I'll take the small town with their "non diplomas" rating any day. All that "higher education" and the rest come with a steep price too.
Well, graduating high school and having your high school education isn’t a bad thing, it doesn’t mean those people are snobby and, it doesn’t mean all those people are well off, it’s the same with those that have a college degree, not everyone’s situation is the same or what you seem to assume, so, don’t judge people by something you have no knowledge of! Do you know what the word assume means?
@@sonyafox3271 I didn't start with the "non higher ed BS" that was the OP. I just observe everything in my eyes over years. I like my Dr/Lawyer/Science etc.. to be educated, although now it means way less than 50 years ago somehow. I know azz holes from all backgrounds. I know you better be aware in large communities. I know I never even think about it in the Cornfield.
Muncie seems to be going down. Love that town. It is my hometown. Born in Ball Memorial.
Ball State Memorial!
Thank you for the upload.
You bet! Thanks for watching!
I consider myself to be relatively well-informed, and I’m a lifelong Hoosier. I would have failed a test on this topic! Well done! I have shared this with Facebook friends along with my admission of ignorance. I’d LOVE to see an updated version of this video, mainly to see how things have changed/not changed since the pandemic. Excellent work!
Thanks!
Thanks for the statics. You have backed up my statement. Indiana. Has less people than Ohio or Illinoise. Indiana charges more tax on Hoosiers to meet the demands of government roads and infrastructure. In the southwest part of the state ,,tax money is taken but used in Indianapolis . The quality of roads. Is seen when driven. We live with out. The heavy population ares get preferential treatment.
Sorry man
Illinois! Are, gets!
I'm from Orange County and thought the one of the biggest employers was the French Lick Casino and Hotels. Alot of people have to travel out of the County to work, I use to drive 20 to 30 one way to work everyday.
God Bless Corn Fields.
Indiana still looks better than Illinois we have no manufacturing sector but we have unions and highest real estate taxes in America and other taxes and fees like 350.00 for used car plates and title plus a crook county extortion tax fee !
It’s Cook County!
I’m not surprised at all that Vigo County in on the list.
My hometown is Terre Haute, although now in Decatur IL. Vigo County has been pronounced V(eye)-go for many decades, however the 2 high schools are pronounced North and South Vee-go. I was a student of North when it first opened in Sept. 1971 and I remember all the adults talking about how it should be pronounced like the founders name...since the county name had been mis-pronounced for so long!! 😂
Interesting 🤨 Thanks
You one thing that you have forgot is that the Federal minimum wage is still only $7.25 per hour.
Let's not leave out the Federal Wage for Tipped Employees:$2.13/hour (regardless of duties) To be paid TWO DOLLARS & some change one only needs to earn $30 in 30 days from tips.
More important to note is that the STATE may set their own minimum wages as long as they don't go below Federal. Considering our state track record for not supporting its work force...I have zero doubt our wages will only increase due to Federal standards.
Thank you for a great video, I live in Will county, I would love to see a video of my area, good or bad, I love the truth
Editor's Note: West Vigo (Vee-go) High School is in Vigo Vigh-go) County, Indiana.
Some of the nicest people are less wealthy. Money makes people think they are better than others which is an ugly trait.
My great grandma grew up next door to Jim jones when they were kids
I live in wabash county. And I have to say it's the worst place I have ever lived. There's absolutely nothing to do here. No store's, nothing but fast food ,no recreational activities. But if you like bean's and corn it's the place for you.
I thought Greene and Sullivan counties were in top poorest counties .There are not a lot of jobs in those 2 counties . Thanks for sharing and have a great day!
Having a familiarity with two of these counties, Vigo and Wayne, I have additional observations. In the early 1900's Richmond had more millionaires (25) than any other town its size. It was a very beautiful and historic place that pretty much destroyed itself. It is now very trashy looking and a victim of very poor planning. Terre Haute, on the other hand, perhaps because it is larger and had more to draw from, has improved remarkably in its appearance over the last 50 years as well as its leadership. In 1970 it was about 10 years behind the times, unbelievably backward, but things have progressively gotten better, particularly in the past 20 years. It is a very clean place. The medical community is not necessarily a positive.
I know a girl from Richmond.. her family was there when it was founded.. and her dad is wealthy farmer
I knew a Jewish girl from Richmond. She couldn't wait to get out of there. Not friendly to Jews.
I live in Vigo Co. And went to school at St. Mary-of -the - Woods College.
Interesting how, for over half of this list, the rent goes up the poorer the county
I knew it! Grant county - number one in obesity. Hard to buy decent food there. #formernative
Thanks for this. I've been wondering about Indiana's stats for some time now.
This is old data ..home values have doubled.
Ft Wayne is growing too fast for me...
I didn't see Lake county which kinda surprised me. This place is a dump
There’s probably a lot of folks working in Chicago or IL suburbs which increases the household income.
@emilybrowning8165 Chicago people are fleeing quicker than any city in America except New York...Unlike Chicago. Lake County has been growing steadily for the last 2 decades..Indiana has been the fastest growing state in the Midwest for 30 years and the only state in the Midwest with positive net migration since 2020
CHICAGO IS A BIGGER DUMP..There are many rich communities in Lake County.
@@richarddobson3138don’t let facts get in the way, metro Chicagoland is growing (while downstate Illinois is losing population’ Many of the priciest municipalities in Indiana are in Lake County, Indiana, with booming areas like St John. Comparing Illinois and Indiana is silly, Chicagoland is exponentially bigger than entire state of Indiana. Indiana, which has some great colleges, continues to experience “brain drain” and culturally Indiana is like the South compared to the Great Lakes states.
Much of what you say is true. But Chicago itself is not the city it was 25 years ago.
I've visited 8 of 10 of those counties on my bicycle travels over the past 25 years, some of them several times. There is one Indiana county of which I've said several times, "This is not where Indiana keeps its money." It didn't make your list. But it's an interesting enough county to visit, and I've ridden there several times. Next I'll check out your Illinois list. I've done a lot of riding there, too, but I suspect not so much in the counties that made your list. It should be interesting to see if my hunch is correct.
I’m surprised that Spencer co wasn’t on that list.
My Hometown Orleans in Orange County!! :D
When they make being poor a crime then we are all in trouble 😭😭😭😭😭😭
More job and higher education opportunities are definitely needed. That would help so many people.
I'm surprised blackford county wasn't number 1 since the population is small and there's nothing here.
I’m surprised my countie isn’t on there
County!
I’m sorry many degrees dont give you a better wage.
Definitely gives you debt!!
Montgomery county is the best place for living in Indiana❤❤❤❤❤
Yold data. Vigo county home values is going up and it's newest job provider is the casino. I know the homes value is going up because my house went from 30,000. To 60,000. In 4 years. Also homes that is up for sale isn't on the market long before they are sold.
The video is a few years old at this point, so yes, the data is a little outdated.
You don’t have to join a union in Indiana
Yes. And that's done wonders for Hoosier workers.
Don't neglect that Indiana does have a Chamber of Commerce. Who needs a union with them?
You don’t have to join a union, but if you did you would probably make more.
@@user-wi5mw8ct4b best state in the Midwest for economic growth.
7:52 ..."The guy who invented SEDOZA came from Connersville so..." What is 'sedoza"???
That's not what I said. It was, "The guy who invented Sudoku came from Connersville, so they have that, at least."
What in the World were the metrics used to calculate this ? You would have me to believe that Vigo Co is poorer than it's neighbor to the North , Vermillion Co. ? The county seat of Vermillion is Newport. Newport does not have either a grocery store or gas station and as far as I know one factory of any size in the county.. When the Newport Chemical Arsenal was in full bloom, maybe they had some $$ but not now.
The poverty and median household income data from the Census Bureau...
I thought pike county was the poorest in Indiana. My son lives there.
Im shocked Parke isnt on this list
Ditto
@@flpndrox or Vermillion
What is black to white ratio
Id love to hear her pronounce Oolitic
I work in healthcare, so it looks like oh-oh-lit-ic to me or ooo-lit-ic. Let me guess, it's actually uh-lie-tic. 😂
@@StuckInTheKernfield lol NO when I first moved to Indiana I lived there, car broke down on 37 and I told a cop I lived in OOlitic and he lolled. So did my navy buddy that grew up here. OHlitIC
@@StuckInTheKernfield ironically the "Oolites" found in limestone, that it's named after, is pronounced OOO, so technically we're right though
Not Sullivan County
Sounds like your picked heavily on towns with higher education. The shame is once their children earn a degree they go to cities/states that have mega incomes. Just remember some of the happiest people are the poor, because they do not have the stress to keep up with the Jones'.
I can only speak for myself, but when I was living in abject poverty, I was miserable. I had the stress of trying to keep a roof over mine and my childrens' heads. Using the Pell Grant to go to my local community college and learn new skills was the best thing I've ever done. But that's just me.
Why does all these people think you have to have a college degree to be somebody I make 6 figure job with a high school diploma
I'm surprised Vermillion county was not on there. Vermlillion county offers ...well...umm..hmm oh i know..they have 2 of the best schools.. North n South Vermillion. North is known for being more sports centered, football in particular.. parents from all over have either moved there to ensure their son goes there or they pay., even if they are from Illinois. I had 2 sons who loved that school,1 was in basketball the other football. My daughter however hated it and found its counterpart to be more suited. South leans heavily on the academics, she's my geeky nerd (just like me lol) other than these two schools..this county offers nothing else but a bunch of ghost towns, dirty rundown towns..i find the people there all seem to be miserably happy lol
I lived in Cayuga for a while,then Dana with family in lodi, etc. i thought it was just me,but turns out that about every other household has the same odd sensation..that there's like this big dark gloomy negative cloud that just hangs over this huge chunk of land, especially Cayuga! And just about every inch puts off a vibration or just a vibes and hard to go anywhere without bumping into it's ghostly past. Js
Ps. I mentioned parke county simply because it's made up of..like 1 great town and a couple of smaller ghostly poor towns. Everything seems to be centralized in and around Rockville. The county itself really has nothing to offer except food n retail. It does have a Female prison, amish country, the festival, tons of historical locations, and of course turkey run. People are overall poor but they seem to be educated n laid back. They are proud folk and they should be.. it's gorgeous there n peaceful...but small n empty pocketed.
All true in my experience as well.
America need free healthcare and Americana is not free
There more than 10
Well The Farmers grow the food You eat. Why is this such a subject. I think that it is not necessary to even discuss. Being wealth is not the answer . Being happy, I know people who are in the manufacturing and farming are well content in there environment.
I lived in Portland in Jay County collectively for about 9 years. I'm about the same age as that serial killer. Before I graduated high school I was getting into the wrong crowd and was pretty much a lowlife there and I thought I knew every thief, drug dealer and hoodlum in the county. That guy must have been ghost. I probably went to junior high with him at least but I do not recognize him or have ever heard of him until now. His woman though I knew her I used to sell her weed and one of my married fellow lowlife buddies was banging her on the side.
That area was weird though. It was a nice little Norman Rockwell type town when we moved there in 77. Big business started moving in and shutting down all the local merchants. Yuppie scum started buying up all the old Victorian homes there and dividing them up into rundown apartments. Out of town progressives started getting elected into the local politics and running the county into the dirt. When I was in 8th, 9th and 10th grade I had several part time jobs there but by 11th grade all those places were all out of business and that's when I got into weed dealing and other nefarious activities to make money. I went into the Marines though and that straightened me out. I tried to make a go of the place again for a few years after I did my 4 in the Marines but all the jobs around there were federal minimum wage jobs, hard to get and I was falling back into my old habits so I just got the hell out of there. Went to California got good work and a career going and stayed there for 30 years.
Every body is poor wate tull the TAX man he will be disappointed ☹️☹️☹️☹️ wares my cut
P.S. you been poor is bad for women, but what about the ways it affects men