Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Highest Salary Needed to Buy a Home in Indiana
What a household has to earn to buy the county's own median home under the standard 28% rule, meaning housing costs at no more than 28% of gross income, counting the full monthly bill rather than just the mortgage. These are the counties where the entry ticket is steepest.
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Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Indiana ranked
| # | County | Income needed | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton County | $128,500 | $2,999 | $379,100 |
| 2 | Boone County | $116,000 | $2,701 | $341,800 |
| 3 | Hendricks County | $97,500 | $2,272 | $281,500 |
| 4 | Porter County | $91,000 | $2,128 | $261,900 |
| 5 | Monroe County | $90,000 | $2,099 | $261,700 |
| 6 | Johnson County | $89,500 | $2,093 | $260,400 |
| 7 | Hancock County | $88,500 | $2,068 | $258,100 |
| 8 | LaGrange County | $85,000 | $1,978 | $249,500 |
| 9 | Brown County | $82,000 | $1,914 | $242,500 |
| 10 | Floyd County | $82,000 | $1,908 | $235,100 |
| 11 | Franklin County | $81,500 | $1,902 | $236,700 |
| 12 | Dearborn County | $80,000 | $1,861 | $227,100 |
| 13 | Warrick County | $79,500 | $1,854 | $228,900 |
| 14 | Bartholomew County | $77,500 | $1,811 | $221,100 |
| 15 | Lake County | $77,000 | $1,801 | $214,700 |
| 16 | Posey County | $76,000 | $1,771 | $218,000 |
| 17 | Tippecanoe County | $76,000 | $1,768 | $217,600 |
| 18 | Harrison County | $75,500 | $1,765 | $219,200 |
| 19 | Morgan County | $75,500 | $1,759 | $220,100 |
| 20 | Clark County | $75,000 | $1,751 | $212,400 |
| 21 | Marion County | $75,000 | $1,745 | $207,000 |
| 22 | Dubois County | $74,500 | $1,736 | $212,500 |
| 23 | Whitley County | $72,500 | $1,692 | $205,200 |
| 24 | Ripley County | $71,500 | $1,672 | $205,300 |
| 25 | Steuben County | $71,500 | $1,666 | $204,300 |
| 26 | Putnam County | $71,000 | $1,658 | $205,800 |
| 27 | Jasper County | $70,500 | $1,651 | $204,400 |
| 28 | Kosciusko County | $70,500 | $1,640 | $200,300 |
| 29 | Allen County | $70,000 | $1,631 | $194,300 |
| 30 | Elkhart County | $70,000 | $1,634 | $194,400 |
| 31 | Ohio County | $68,500 | $1,594 | $193,500 |
| 32 | Decatur County | $67,500 | $1,570 | $189,900 |
| 33 | Shelby County | $67,500 | $1,572 | $188,300 |
| 34 | Daviess County | $67,000 | $1,562 | $187,500 |
| 35 | Marshall County | $66,000 | $1,541 | $184,500 |
| 36 | St. Joseph County | $66,000 | $1,535 | $179,800 |
| 37 | LaPorte County | $65,500 | $1,531 | $180,700 |
| 38 | Noble County | $65,500 | $1,533 | $183,400 |
| 39 | Jefferson County | $64,500 | $1,510 | $180,600 |
| 40 | Spencer County | $64,500 | $1,503 | $180,200 |
| 41 | Switzerland County | $64,000 | $1,490 | $183,200 |
| 42 | DeKalb County | $63,500 | $1,486 | $177,900 |
| 43 | Wells County | $63,500 | $1,483 | $180,000 |
| 44 | Adams County | $63,000 | $1,469 | $173,100 |
| 45 | Vanderburgh County | $63,000 | $1,474 | $172,300 |
| 46 | Gibson County | $62,000 | $1,448 | $170,500 |
| 47 | Jackson County | $61,500 | $1,439 | $174,500 |
| 48 | Carroll County | $60,000 | $1,405 | $167,700 |
| 49 | Montgomery County | $60,000 | $1,403 | $166,300 |
| 50 | Tipton County | $60,000 | $1,403 | $166,000 |
| 51 | Lawrence County | $59,500 | $1,387 | $164,500 |
| 52 | Union County | $59,500 | $1,384 | $162,200 |
| 53 | Newton County | $59,000 | $1,380 | $159,300 |
| 54 | Owen County | $59,000 | $1,381 | $162,400 |
| 55 | Washington County | $59,000 | $1,378 | $162,400 |
| 56 | White County | $58,500 | $1,366 | $163,000 |
| 57 | Clinton County | $57,500 | $1,338 | $157,300 |
| 58 | Warren County | $57,500 | $1,343 | $160,000 |
| 59 | Rush County | $57,000 | $1,332 | $155,900 |
| 60 | Jennings County | $56,500 | $1,314 | $154,600 |
| 61 | Howard County | $56,000 | $1,311 | $151,500 |
| 62 | Madison County | $55,000 | $1,287 | $147,700 |
| 63 | Martin County | $55,000 | $1,278 | $150,400 |
| 64 | Huntington County | $54,500 | $1,274 | $146,400 |
| 65 | Perry County | $54,500 | $1,269 | $146,000 |
| 66 | Starke County | $54,500 | $1,273 | $148,400 |
| 67 | Scott County | $54,000 | $1,256 | $145,400 |
| 68 | Vigo County | $53,500 | $1,250 | $140,400 |
| 69 | Fulton County | $53,000 | $1,236 | $144,700 |
| 70 | Henry County | $53,000 | $1,231 | $140,200 |
| 71 | Orange County | $53,000 | $1,238 | $143,900 |
| 72 | Wabash County | $52,500 | $1,230 | $143,600 |
| 73 | Benton County | $51,500 | $1,197 | $135,400 |
| 74 | Parke County | $51,000 | $1,195 | $139,300 |
| 75 | Fountain County | $50,000 | $1,166 | $133,200 |
| 76 | Greene County | $49,500 | $1,150 | $129,900 |
| 77 | Pike County | $49,500 | $1,153 | $128,400 |
| 78 | Pulaski County | $49,500 | $1,161 | $134,600 |
| 79 | Delaware County | $49,000 | $1,144 | $127,600 |
| 80 | Wayne County | $49,000 | $1,143 | $126,100 |
| 81 | Clay County | $48,000 | $1,118 | $128,900 |
| 82 | Knox County | $47,500 | $1,108 | $123,500 |
| 83 | Sullivan County | $47,000 | $1,094 | $122,200 |
| 84 | Cass County | $46,000 | $1,071 | $118,700 |
| 85 | Crawford County | $45,000 | $1,051 | $115,400 |
| 86 | Fayette County | $45,000 | $1,049 | $114,800 |
| 87 | Grant County | $45,000 | $1,050 | $116,000 |
| 88 | Miami County | $45,000 | $1,054 | $118,000 |
| 89 | Jay County | $43,000 | $1,001 | $110,100 |
| 90 | Vermillion County | $43,000 | $1,007 | $109,500 |
| 91 | Randolph County | $42,500 | $992 | $106,000 |
| 92 | Blackford County | $39,500 | $922 | $96,700 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Highest Salary Needed to Buy a Home across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Indiana