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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Highest Rents in Indiana

Median gross rent by county, which includes rent plus the utilities the tenant pays. Comparing it against the monthly cost to own is the honest version of the rent-versus-buy question.

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Indiana ranked

#County Median rentMonthly to ownMedian home
1 Hamilton County $1,468$2,999$379,100
2 Hendricks County $1,364$2,272$281,500
3 Boone County $1,283$2,701$341,800
4 Johnson County $1,208$2,093$260,400
5 Monroe County $1,151$2,099$261,700
6 Porter County $1,146$2,128$261,900
7 Hancock County $1,121$2,068$258,100
8 Bartholomew County $1,110$1,811$221,100
9 Marion County $1,107$1,745$207,000
10 Lake County $1,094$1,801$214,700
11 Tippecanoe County $1,088$1,768$217,600
12 Clark County $1,058$1,751$212,400
13 St. Joseph County $1,030$1,535$179,800
14 Elkhart County $1,023$1,634$194,400
15 Warrick County $1,008$1,854$228,900
16 Kosciusko County $995$1,640$200,300
17 Floyd County $990$1,908$235,100
18 Morgan County $988$1,759$220,100
19 Allen County $976$1,631$194,300
20 Vanderburgh County $964$1,474$172,300
21 Brown County $960$1,914$242,500
22 Shelby County $956$1,572$188,300
23 Jackson County $946$1,439$174,500
24 Marshall County $936$1,541$184,500
25 Newton County $927$1,380$159,300
26 Jasper County $926$1,651$204,400
27 LaPorte County $926$1,531$180,700
28 Madison County $926$1,287$147,700
29 Steuben County $921$1,666$204,300
30 Clinton County $915$1,338$157,300
31 Howard County $915$1,311$151,500
32 Gibson County $914$1,448$170,500
33 Owen County $912$1,381$162,400
34 Jennings County $906$1,314$154,600
35 Putnam County $883$1,658$205,800
36 Vigo County $879$1,250$140,400
37 Carroll County $874$1,405$167,700
38 Delaware County $874$1,144$127,600
39 Whitley County $867$1,692$205,200
40 Huntington County $866$1,274$146,400
41 Jefferson County $865$1,510$180,600
42 Fulton County $861$1,236$144,700
43 Harrison County $861$1,765$219,200
44 Tipton County $854$1,403$166,000
45 White County $853$1,366$163,000
46 Ohio County $852$1,594$193,500
47 Dearborn County $848$1,861$227,100
48 Orange County $838$1,238$143,900
49 Clay County $837$1,118$128,900
50 Daviess County $837$1,562$187,500
51 Fountain County $837$1,166$133,200
52 Wells County $837$1,483$180,000
53 Benton County $834$1,197$135,400
54 Rush County $831$1,332$155,900
55 Decatur County $828$1,570$189,900
56 DeKalb County $828$1,486$177,900
57 Montgomery County $827$1,403$166,300
58 LaGrange County $816$1,978$249,500
59 Warren County $815$1,343$160,000
60 Sullivan County $813$1,094$122,200
61 Wayne County $813$1,143$126,100
62 Henry County $807$1,231$140,200
63 Franklin County $803$1,902$236,700
64 Dubois County $801$1,736$212,500
65 Lawrence County $800$1,387$164,500
66 Adams County $799$1,469$173,100
67 Grant County $799$1,050$116,000
68 Ripley County $799$1,672$205,300
69 Miami County $794$1,054$118,000
70 Union County $792$1,384$162,200
71 Scott County $790$1,256$145,400
72 Greene County $788$1,150$129,900
73 Vermillion County $785$1,007$109,500
74 Knox County $782$1,108$123,500
75 Fayette County $779$1,049$114,800
76 Cass County $778$1,071$118,700
77 Noble County $776$1,533$183,400
78 Jay County $766$1,001$110,100
79 Washington County $760$1,378$162,400
80 Wabash County $752$1,230$143,600
81 Posey County $744$1,771$218,000
82 Randolph County $741$992$106,000
83 Parke County $731$1,195$139,300
84 Switzerland County $720$1,490$183,200
85 Pulaski County $715$1,161$134,600
86 Spencer County $697$1,503$180,200
87 Starke County $690$1,273$148,400
88 Perry County $676$1,269$146,000
89 Pike County $676$1,153$128,400
90 Martin County $643$1,278$150,400
91 Blackford County $635$922$96,700
92 Crawford County $629$1,051$115,400

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.

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