Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Rents in Indiana
Median gross rent by county, lowest first, including the utilities a tenant pays. Set these against the monthly cost to own the same county's median home: where the two are close, buying is not the stretch it looks like.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Indiana ranked
| # | County | Median rent | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crawford County | $629 | $1,051 | $115,400 |
| 2 | Blackford County | $635 | $922 | $96,700 |
| 3 | Martin County | $643 | $1,278 | $150,400 |
| 4 | Perry County | $676 | $1,269 | $146,000 |
| 5 | Pike County | $676 | $1,153 | $128,400 |
| 6 | Starke County | $690 | $1,273 | $148,400 |
| 7 | Spencer County | $697 | $1,503 | $180,200 |
| 8 | Pulaski County | $715 | $1,161 | $134,600 |
| 9 | Switzerland County | $720 | $1,490 | $183,200 |
| 10 | Parke County | $731 | $1,195 | $139,300 |
| 11 | Randolph County | $741 | $992 | $106,000 |
| 12 | Posey County | $744 | $1,771 | $218,000 |
| 13 | Wabash County | $752 | $1,230 | $143,600 |
| 14 | Washington County | $760 | $1,378 | $162,400 |
| 15 | Jay County | $766 | $1,001 | $110,100 |
| 16 | Noble County | $776 | $1,533 | $183,400 |
| 17 | Cass County | $778 | $1,071 | $118,700 |
| 18 | Fayette County | $779 | $1,049 | $114,800 |
| 19 | Knox County | $782 | $1,108 | $123,500 |
| 20 | Vermillion County | $785 | $1,007 | $109,500 |
| 21 | Greene County | $788 | $1,150 | $129,900 |
| 22 | Scott County | $790 | $1,256 | $145,400 |
| 23 | Union County | $792 | $1,384 | $162,200 |
| 24 | Miami County | $794 | $1,054 | $118,000 |
| 25 | Adams County | $799 | $1,469 | $173,100 |
| 26 | Grant County | $799 | $1,050 | $116,000 |
| 27 | Ripley County | $799 | $1,672 | $205,300 |
| 28 | Lawrence County | $800 | $1,387 | $164,500 |
| 29 | Dubois County | $801 | $1,736 | $212,500 |
| 30 | Franklin County | $803 | $1,902 | $236,700 |
| 31 | Henry County | $807 | $1,231 | $140,200 |
| 32 | Sullivan County | $813 | $1,094 | $122,200 |
| 33 | Wayne County | $813 | $1,143 | $126,100 |
| 34 | Warren County | $815 | $1,343 | $160,000 |
| 35 | LaGrange County | $816 | $1,978 | $249,500 |
| 36 | Montgomery County | $827 | $1,403 | $166,300 |
| 37 | Decatur County | $828 | $1,570 | $189,900 |
| 38 | DeKalb County | $828 | $1,486 | $177,900 |
| 39 | Rush County | $831 | $1,332 | $155,900 |
| 40 | Benton County | $834 | $1,197 | $135,400 |
| 41 | Clay County | $837 | $1,118 | $128,900 |
| 42 | Daviess County | $837 | $1,562 | $187,500 |
| 43 | Fountain County | $837 | $1,166 | $133,200 |
| 44 | Wells County | $837 | $1,483 | $180,000 |
| 45 | Orange County | $838 | $1,238 | $143,900 |
| 46 | Dearborn County | $848 | $1,861 | $227,100 |
| 47 | Ohio County | $852 | $1,594 | $193,500 |
| 48 | White County | $853 | $1,366 | $163,000 |
| 49 | Tipton County | $854 | $1,403 | $166,000 |
| 50 | Fulton County | $861 | $1,236 | $144,700 |
| 51 | Harrison County | $861 | $1,765 | $219,200 |
| 52 | Jefferson County | $865 | $1,510 | $180,600 |
| 53 | Huntington County | $866 | $1,274 | $146,400 |
| 54 | Whitley County | $867 | $1,692 | $205,200 |
| 55 | Carroll County | $874 | $1,405 | $167,700 |
| 56 | Delaware County | $874 | $1,144 | $127,600 |
| 57 | Vigo County | $879 | $1,250 | $140,400 |
| 58 | Putnam County | $883 | $1,658 | $205,800 |
| 59 | Jennings County | $906 | $1,314 | $154,600 |
| 60 | Owen County | $912 | $1,381 | $162,400 |
| 61 | Gibson County | $914 | $1,448 | $170,500 |
| 62 | Clinton County | $915 | $1,338 | $157,300 |
| 63 | Howard County | $915 | $1,311 | $151,500 |
| 64 | Steuben County | $921 | $1,666 | $204,300 |
| 65 | Jasper County | $926 | $1,651 | $204,400 |
| 66 | LaPorte County | $926 | $1,531 | $180,700 |
| 67 | Madison County | $926 | $1,287 | $147,700 |
| 68 | Newton County | $927 | $1,380 | $159,300 |
| 69 | Marshall County | $936 | $1,541 | $184,500 |
| 70 | Jackson County | $946 | $1,439 | $174,500 |
| 71 | Shelby County | $956 | $1,572 | $188,300 |
| 72 | Brown County | $960 | $1,914 | $242,500 |
| 73 | Vanderburgh County | $964 | $1,474 | $172,300 |
| 74 | Allen County | $976 | $1,631 | $194,300 |
| 75 | Morgan County | $988 | $1,759 | $220,100 |
| 76 | Floyd County | $990 | $1,908 | $235,100 |
| 77 | Kosciusko County | $995 | $1,640 | $200,300 |
| 78 | Warrick County | $1,008 | $1,854 | $228,900 |
| 79 | Elkhart County | $1,023 | $1,634 | $194,400 |
| 80 | St. Joseph County | $1,030 | $1,535 | $179,800 |
| 81 | Clark County | $1,058 | $1,751 | $212,400 |
| 82 | Tippecanoe County | $1,088 | $1,768 | $217,600 |
| 83 | Lake County | $1,094 | $1,801 | $214,700 |
| 84 | Marion County | $1,107 | $1,745 | $207,000 |
| 85 | Bartholomew County | $1,110 | $1,811 | $221,100 |
| 86 | Hancock County | $1,121 | $2,068 | $258,100 |
| 87 | Porter County | $1,146 | $2,128 | $261,900 |
| 88 | Monroe County | $1,151 | $2,099 | $261,700 |
| 89 | Johnson County | $1,208 | $2,093 | $260,400 |
| 90 | Boone County | $1,283 | $2,701 | $341,800 |
| 91 | Hendricks County | $1,364 | $2,272 | $281,500 |
| 92 | Hamilton County | $1,468 | $2,999 | $379,100 |
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
Lowest Rents across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Indiana