Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Salary Needed to Buy a Home in Indiana
The counties where an ordinary income still buys the median home outright by the 28% rule, with the whole monthly bill counted: tax, insurance, utilities and maintenance included, not just the loan payment.
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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 | Blackford County | $40,000 | $935 | $96,700 |
| 2 | Randolph County | $43,000 | $1,006 | $106,000 |
| 3 | Jay County | $43,500 | $1,016 | $110,100 |
| 4 | Vermillion County | $44,000 | $1,022 | $109,500 |
| 5 | Crawford County | $45,500 | $1,067 | $115,400 |
| 6 | Fayette County | $45,500 | $1,065 | $114,800 |
| 7 | Grant County | $45,500 | $1,066 | $116,000 |
| 8 | Miami County | $46,000 | $1,070 | $118,000 |
| 9 | Cass County | $46,500 | $1,087 | $118,700 |
| 10 | Sullivan County | $47,500 | $1,110 | $122,200 |
| 11 | Knox County | $48,000 | $1,125 | $123,500 |
| 12 | Clay County | $48,500 | $1,136 | $128,900 |
| 13 | Wayne County | $49,500 | $1,159 | $126,100 |
| 14 | Delaware County | $50,000 | $1,161 | $127,600 |
| 15 | Greene County | $50,000 | $1,168 | $129,900 |
| 16 | Pike County | $50,000 | $1,170 | $128,400 |
| 17 | Fountain County | $50,500 | $1,184 | $133,200 |
| 18 | Pulaski County | $50,500 | $1,179 | $134,600 |
| 19 | Benton County | $52,000 | $1,215 | $135,400 |
| 20 | Parke County | $52,000 | $1,214 | $139,300 |
| 21 | Henry County | $53,500 | $1,250 | $140,200 |
| 22 | Wabash County | $53,500 | $1,249 | $143,600 |
| 23 | Fulton County | $54,000 | $1,255 | $144,700 |
| 24 | Orange County | $54,000 | $1,257 | $143,900 |
| 25 | Scott County | $54,500 | $1,275 | $145,400 |
| 26 | Vigo County | $54,500 | $1,268 | $140,400 |
| 27 | Perry County | $55,000 | $1,288 | $146,000 |
| 28 | Huntington County | $55,500 | $1,293 | $146,400 |
| 29 | Martin County | $55,500 | $1,297 | $150,400 |
| 30 | Starke County | $55,500 | $1,292 | $148,400 |
| 31 | Madison County | $56,000 | $1,307 | $147,700 |
| 32 | Howard County | $57,000 | $1,331 | $151,500 |
| 33 | Jennings County | $57,000 | $1,334 | $154,600 |
| 34 | Clinton County | $58,000 | $1,359 | $157,300 |
| 35 | Rush County | $58,000 | $1,352 | $155,900 |
| 36 | Warren County | $58,500 | $1,364 | $160,000 |
| 37 | White County | $59,500 | $1,388 | $163,000 |
| 38 | Newton County | $60,000 | $1,400 | $159,300 |
| 39 | Owen County | $60,000 | $1,402 | $162,400 |
| 40 | Union County | $60,000 | $1,405 | $162,200 |
| 41 | Washington County | $60,000 | $1,399 | $162,400 |
| 42 | Lawrence County | $60,500 | $1,408 | $164,500 |
| 43 | Carroll County | $61,000 | $1,426 | $167,700 |
| 44 | Montgomery County | $61,000 | $1,425 | $166,300 |
| 45 | Tipton County | $61,000 | $1,425 | $166,000 |
| 46 | Jackson County | $62,500 | $1,461 | $174,500 |
| 47 | Gibson County | $63,000 | $1,469 | $170,500 |
| 48 | Adams County | $64,000 | $1,491 | $173,100 |
| 49 | Vanderburgh County | $64,000 | $1,496 | $172,300 |
| 50 | DeKalb County | $64,500 | $1,509 | $177,900 |
| 51 | Wells County | $64,500 | $1,506 | $180,000 |
| 52 | Switzerland County | $65,000 | $1,514 | $183,200 |
| 53 | Jefferson County | $65,500 | $1,533 | $180,600 |
| 54 | Spencer County | $65,500 | $1,526 | $180,200 |
| 55 | LaPorte County | $66,500 | $1,554 | $180,700 |
| 56 | Noble County | $66,500 | $1,557 | $183,400 |
| 57 | Marshall County | $67,000 | $1,565 | $184,500 |
| 58 | St. Joseph County | $67,000 | $1,558 | $179,800 |
| 59 | Daviess County | $68,000 | $1,586 | $187,500 |
| 60 | Decatur County | $68,500 | $1,594 | $189,900 |
| 61 | Shelby County | $68,500 | $1,596 | $188,300 |
| 62 | Ohio County | $69,500 | $1,618 | $193,500 |
| 63 | Allen County | $71,000 | $1,655 | $194,300 |
| 64 | Elkhart County | $71,000 | $1,659 | $194,400 |
| 65 | Kosciusko County | $71,500 | $1,666 | $200,300 |
| 66 | Jasper County | $72,000 | $1,676 | $204,400 |
| 67 | Putnam County | $72,000 | $1,684 | $205,800 |
| 68 | Steuben County | $72,500 | $1,692 | $204,300 |
| 69 | Ripley County | $73,000 | $1,698 | $205,300 |
| 70 | Whitley County | $73,500 | $1,718 | $205,200 |
| 71 | Dubois County | $75,500 | $1,763 | $212,500 |
| 72 | Clark County | $76,000 | $1,777 | $212,400 |
| 73 | Marion County | $76,000 | $1,771 | $207,000 |
| 74 | Morgan County | $76,500 | $1,787 | $220,100 |
| 75 | Harrison County | $77,000 | $1,792 | $219,200 |
| 76 | Posey County | $77,000 | $1,799 | $218,000 |
| 77 | Tippecanoe County | $77,000 | $1,795 | $217,600 |
| 78 | Lake County | $78,500 | $1,828 | $214,700 |
| 79 | Bartholomew County | $79,000 | $1,838 | $221,100 |
| 80 | Warrick County | $80,500 | $1,882 | $228,900 |
| 81 | Dearborn County | $81,000 | $1,889 | $227,100 |
| 82 | Floyd County | $83,000 | $1,937 | $235,100 |
| 83 | Franklin County | $83,000 | $1,932 | $236,700 |
| 84 | Brown County | $83,500 | $1,944 | $242,500 |
| 85 | LaGrange County | $86,000 | $2,009 | $249,500 |
| 86 | Hancock County | $90,000 | $2,100 | $258,100 |
| 87 | Johnson County | $91,000 | $2,125 | $260,400 |
| 88 | Monroe County | $91,500 | $2,131 | $261,700 |
| 89 | Porter County | $92,500 | $2,160 | $261,900 |
| 90 | Hendricks County | $99,000 | $2,306 | $281,500 |
| 91 | Boone County | $117,500 | $2,743 | $341,800 |
| 92 | Hamilton County | $130,500 | $3,044 | $379,100 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.24%. 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
Lowest Salary Needed to Buy a Home across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Indiana