Cost of living in Indiana

Indiana at a glance

Median rent

$1,062

Census ACS, B25064, monthly

Median household income

$71,957

Census ACS, B19013, yearly

Median home value

$218,200

Census ACS, B25077

Median property tax bill

$1,614

Census ACS, B25103, yearly, current owners

Mean commute

24 min

Census ACS, DP03, one way

Unemployment

4.3%

Census ACS, DP03

Indiana's own published state rows, never an average of its counties. Prices overall run 7% below the national average (BEA regional price parity, 2024).

Census ACS 2024 five-year estimates, checked November 2026.

The three most populous counties in Indiana

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• Marion County

  Population

  976K

  Rent

  $1,153

  Household income

  $66,346

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $2,028

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• Lake County

  Population

  500K

  Rent

  $1,131

  Household income

  $71,493

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $2,112

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• Allen County

  Population

  392K

  Rent

  $1,021

  Household income

  $70,737

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $1,689

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Indiana, worth the trip

Admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816, as the 19th state. The French built Fort Vincennes in 1732, one of the first permanent European settlements west of the Appalachians. General William Henry Harrison won the Battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette in 1811.

• Indiana Dunes National Park

  Fifteen miles of Lake Michigan shore with sand dunes, woodlands, prairies and wetlands, crossed by over 50 miles of trails.

• George Rogers Clark National Historical Park

  The site of Fort Sackville, which the British surrendered to Colonel George Rogers Clark on February 25, 1779.

• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

  The southern Indiana ground where Abraham Lincoln grew from youth to manhood.

History: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Each place links to the page of the agency that looks after it.

Property tax in Indiana

Current owners in Indiana pay a median 0.74% of home value a year in property tax. Example: $1,614 a year, the median bill. By county, the median bill runs from $627 in Clay County to $3,549 in Hamilton County. These are bills that current owners pay, as the Census measures them. Each county's own figure is in the table below.

Health in Indiana

Life expectancy

75.1 yrs

County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS vital statistics

No health insurance

8.2%

County Health Rankings, from Census SAHIE, people under 65

Poor or fair health

18.6%

County Health Rankings, from CDC BRFSS. Modeled, not counted

Injury deaths per 100K people

93

County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS, counted deaths

Each is the figure County Health Rankings publishes for Indiana as a whole, never an average of its counties. Each county's own health readings are on its page.

Natural hazards in Indiana

Expected yearly loss, statewide

$2.4B

All natural hazards, an average year. Larger states lose more

Building loss rate

$1.18

Per $1,000 of building value, each year. Fair to compare between states

Costliest hazard

Inland flooding

$1.2B of the expected yearly loss, the largest share of any hazard FEMA assesses

Air quality

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The EPA publishes air quality by county and metro area, never by state. It is on each county's page

FEMA publishes a risk score for counties and none for states, so none is shown here. Each county's score is on its own page.

New homes permitted in Indiana

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Marion County, IN is the largest county here. Set it beside another place, reading by reading.

The largest counties in Indiana

By population, from the Census release named below. Each opens its own page.

1. 1Marion County976K
2. 2Lake County500K
3. 3Allen County392K
4. 4Hamilton County365K
5. 5St. Joseph County273K
6. 6Elkhart County207K
7. 7Tippecanoe County189K
8. 8Hendricks County183K
9. 9Vanderburgh County180K
10. 10Porter County175K

All 92 counties in Indiana

Each has its published readings on its own page. Press a column to sort by it. Pick one, or open the map to see them shaded side by side.

Household income, home value and population are on each county's own page, and in this table on a wider screen.

Where these numbers come from

Each reading is the published figure, not an estimate. A dash means the source did not publish one, or published one too uncertain to print.

• State figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 20245-year estimates, the state's own row (tables B25064, B19013, B25077, B25103, B01003, DP03).
• County figures: the same survey, each county's own row, as on every county page.
• Price level: Bureau of Economic Analysis, regional price parities, 2024, all items, state-level.
• Health: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the state's own row. Poor or fair health is a modeled estimate from CDC survey data. The other three are counted or calculated.
• Natural hazards: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025, state table, expected annual loss. This product uses FEMA data but is not endorsed by FEMA.
• Air quality has no state figure: the EPA publishes it by county and metro area only.
• Photographs: Wikimedia Commons and the county photo feed, each credited to its photographer under its own licence, beneath the picture.

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