Indiana · county 18173

Warrick County, Indiana: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Warrick County — people, schools, health, drinking water, bridges, disaster risk, the jail, federal grants and how to vote — each with its source. A full County Commons site (the budget line by line, your tax bill, audits, local offices) isn't built for Warrick County yet — not gathered, never hidden.

66,339 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.7% since 2020)
385 square miles of land · 172 people per square mile

How Warrick County compares — against the other counties in Indiana

“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Warrick County

7 active community water systems list Warrick County in the area they serve, reporting 61,913 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

INDIANA AMERICAN WATER - NEWBURGH
groundwater · private · IN5287004
22,215 served
CHANDLER WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT
groundwater · local government · IN5287002
20,120 served
CITY OF BOONVILLE
groundwater · local government · IN5287001
10,260 served
TENNYSON WATER UTILITY
buys surface water · local government · IN5287007
4,158 served
ELBERFELD WATER DEPARTMENT
buys surface water · local government · IN5287003
2,122 served
INDIANA AMERICAN WATER - YANKEETOWN
buys groundwater · local government · IN5287008
1,838 served
LYNNVILLE WATER WORKS
buys surface water · local government · IN5287006
1,200 served

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.

The jail — people held in the county jail

About 99 people were held in Warrick County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 240 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 118.

Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

1 school district has its office in Warrick County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

WARRICK COUNTY SCHOOL CORPORATION10,122 students

Spent $134.3 million — $120.3 million to run schools, about $11,885 per student, plus $12.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $36.1 million local (mostly property tax), $91.2 million state, $10.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.3 million.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.

Health, money and internet at home — Warrick County beside Indiana

Life expectancy76.9 years · Indiana 75.1 years
Adults under 65 without health insurance5.2% · Indiana 8.2%
Children in poverty8.9% · Indiana 15.1%
Households without enough food (food insecurity)10.8% · Indiana 13.9%
Households with broadband internet91.5% · Indiana 88.3%
Households with severe housing problems7.9% · Indiana 12.2%
Drug overdose deaths per 100,00023.3 · Indiana 38.3
Residents per primary care doctor652 · Indiana 1,524
Residents per mental health provider1,080 · Indiana 474
Unemployment2.9% · Indiana 3.3%
Median household income$87,293 · Indiana $69,458

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Warrick County about $29.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.

The costliest hazards here

River and inland flooding$14.8 million a year · Relatively Low
Earthquake$6 million a year · Relatively Low
Tornado$3.2 million a year · Relatively Moderate
Strong wind$1.8 million a year · Relatively Moderate
Heat wave$1.4 million a year · Relatively Low

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

197 bridges in Warrick County: 96 in good condition, 94 fair, and 7 poor (3.6%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.

Busiest bridges rated poor

NEW HARMONY ROAD
over TRIBUTARY OF PIGEON CREE · built 1930
339 vehicles a day
NEW HARMONY ROAD
over TRIBUTARY OF SQUAW CREEK · built 1979
205 vehicles a day
BASE LINE ROAD
over BLUEGRASS CREEK · built 1987
199 vehicles a day
MYERS ROAD
over CANEY CREEK · built 1903
139 vehicles a day
BONER ROAD
over LITTLE PIGEON CREEK · built 1869
137 vehicles a day
LESLIE ROAD
over TRIBUTARY OF COLES CREEK · built 1980
135 vehicles a day

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $12.6 million of work in Warrick County in fiscal 2025, about $197 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.

Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

F26AS00062: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026
Fish and Wildlife Service · F26AS00062
closes 2026-10-13
OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
Office for Victims of Crime · O-OVC-2026-172699
closes 2026-10-14
BJA FY 2026 Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172661
closes 2026-10-15
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Youth Conservation Corps - Bureau wide
Bureau of Land Management · L26AS00064
closes 2026-10-16
FY 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program
Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants · DOT-FAA-26-0117-002
closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)
Health Resources and Services Administration · HRSA-27-005
closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition
AmeriCorps · AC-08-20-2026
closes 2026-10-20
DOJ FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172778
closes 2026-10-20
Long-term health outcomes of people living with spina bifida
Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD · CDC-RFA-DD-26-0222
closes 2026-10-26
OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · O-OJJDP-2026-172741
closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172714
closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172708
closes 2026-10-29

From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.

Voting

Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Indiana are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Warrick County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Warrick County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

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Nearby counties: Spencer County (15 mi) · Vanderburgh County (18 mi) · Pike County (21 mi) · Gibson County (23 mi) · Henderson County, KY (27 mi) · Daviess County, KY (27 mi).