The population of Wells county is estimated at 27,840. In 2017 there were 335 births and 245 deaths in Wells county. Wells county has 5,794 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,705 that are owned free and clear and 2,281 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Wells County filed 13,210 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Indiana filings and 0.009% of the entire nation. Wells had a combined total federal tax liability of $96,754,000 on earned income of $697,820,000. Other notable statistics from Wells County were 190 unemployment claims which collected a total of $706,000 and 2,100 charitable contributions valued at $16,529,000. 2,370 filings from Wells County paid a combined total of $3,077,000 in property taxes and 1,900 filings paid $9,934,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Wells county had 52 religious congregations with an estimated 11,665 members.
18.6% of the Wells population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 47% of Wells County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 201 votes.
At $55,221 the median income is 102.0% of the Indiana average. An estimated 417 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Wells, the equivalant of around 2.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Wells County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,536	Manufacturing
1,641	Health care and social assistance
982	Retail trade
587	Accommodation and food services
559	Transportation and warehousing
544	Restaurants and other eating places
421	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
414	Administrative and support services
356	Ambulatory health care services
344	Truck transportation
312	General freight trucking
287	Full-service restaurants
280	Other services (except public administration)
250	Offices of physicians
250	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)

In 2018 15.79% of listings in Wells County.

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