Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Counties Where Utilities Cost More Than Property Tax in Indiana
Property tax gets all the attention, but in much of the country the electricity and water bill is the larger line item. These are the counties where the gap is widest, using state residential electricity prices from the EIA.
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Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Indiana ranked
| # | County | Utilities over tax | Effective rate | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay County | $170 | 0.457% | $128,900 |
| 2 | Pulaski County | $165 | 0.480% | $134,600 |
| 3 | Jay County | $163 | 0.604% | $110,100 |
| 4 | Miami County | $162 | 0.578% | $118,000 |
| 5 | Parke County | $161 | 0.496% | $139,300 |
| 6 | Fulton County | $157 | 0.514% | $144,700 |
| 7 | Switzerland County | $156 | 0.412% | $183,200 |
| 8 | Wabash County | $155 | 0.533% | $143,600 |
| 9 | Blackford County | $154 | 0.806% | $96,700 |
| 10 | Vermillion County | $153 | 0.721% | $109,500 |
| 11 | Grant County | $153 | 0.681% | $116,000 |
| 12 | Martin County | $152 | 0.531% | $150,400 |
| 13 | Fountain County | $150 | 0.616% | $133,200 |
| 14 | Jackson County | $150 | 0.472% | $174,500 |
| 15 | Cass County | $150 | 0.694% | $118,700 |
| 16 | Warren County | $150 | 0.515% | $160,000 |
| 17 | Sullivan County | $150 | 0.675% | $122,200 |
| 18 | Orange County | $149 | 0.578% | $143,900 |
| 19 | Crawford County | $148 | 0.737% | $115,400 |
| 20 | White County | $147 | 0.531% | $163,000 |
| 21 | Fayette County | $146 | 0.765% | $114,800 |
| 22 | Randolph County | $145 | 0.831% | $106,000 |
| 23 | Starke County | $144 | 0.603% | $148,400 |
| 24 | Greene County | $144 | 0.689% | $129,900 |
| 25 | Knox County | $144 | 0.725% | $123,500 |
| 26 | Jennings County | $143 | 0.584% | $154,600 |
| 27 | Wells County | $142 | 0.511% | $180,000 |
| 28 | Scott County | $141 | 0.640% | $145,400 |
| 29 | Carroll County | $139 | 0.569% | $167,700 |
| 30 | Putnam County | $137 | 0.475% | $205,800 |
| 31 | Clinton County | $137 | 0.622% | $157,300 |
| 32 | Lawrence County | $136 | 0.604% | $164,500 |
| 33 | Delaware County | $136 | 0.781% | $127,600 |
| 34 | Jasper County | $136 | 0.488% | $204,400 |
| 35 | Rush County | $134 | 0.650% | $155,900 |
| 36 | Benton County | $133 | 0.756% | $135,400 |
| 37 | Perry County | $132 | 0.713% | $146,000 |
| 38 | Pike County | $132 | 0.813% | $128,400 |
| 39 | Montgomery County | $131 | 0.630% | $166,300 |
| 40 | Henry County | $131 | 0.749% | $140,200 |
| 41 | Morgan County | $131 | 0.480% | $220,100 |
| 42 | Washington County | $131 | 0.651% | $162,400 |
| 43 | Tipton County | $130 | 0.644% | $166,000 |
| 44 | Huntington County | $130 | 0.731% | $146,400 |
| 45 | Owen County | $128 | 0.672% | $162,400 |
| 46 | Wayne County | $127 | 0.873% | $126,100 |
| 47 | Howard County | $126 | 0.733% | $151,500 |
| 48 | DeKalb County | $126 | 0.628% | $177,900 |
| 49 | Madison County | $125 | 0.764% | $147,700 |
| 50 | Spencer County | $124 | 0.632% | $180,200 |
| 51 | Brown County | $124 | 0.471% | $242,500 |
| 52 | Union County | $123 | 0.705% | $162,200 |
| 53 | Decatur County | $121 | 0.619% | $189,900 |
| 54 | Ohio County | $121 | 0.609% | $193,500 |
| 55 | Ripley County | $120 | 0.576% | $205,300 |
| 56 | Steuben County | $120 | 0.581% | $204,300 |
| 57 | Jefferson County | $120 | 0.659% | $180,600 |
| 58 | Harrison County | $119 | 0.545% | $219,200 |
| 59 | Kosciusko County | $119 | 0.598% | $200,300 |
| 60 | Gibson County | $115 | 0.730% | $170,500 |
| 61 | Noble County | $115 | 0.682% | $183,400 |
| 62 | Vigo County | $114 | 0.895% | $140,400 |
| 63 | Marshall County | $114 | 0.683% | $184,500 |
| 64 | Daviess County | $112 | 0.681% | $187,500 |
| 65 | Adams County | $111 | 0.748% | $173,100 |
| 66 | Newton County | $109 | 0.826% | $159,300 |
| 67 | Shelby County | $108 | 0.705% | $188,300 |
| 68 | LaGrange County | $106 | 0.542% | $249,500 |
| 69 | Tippecanoe County | $106 | 0.623% | $217,600 |
| 70 | Posey County | $105 | 0.628% | $218,000 |
| 71 | Dubois County | $104 | 0.650% | $212,500 |
| 72 | Vanderburgh County | $100 | 0.824% | $172,300 |
| 73 | Whitley County | $99 | 0.698% | $205,200 |
| 74 | LaPorte County | $99 | 0.794% | $180,700 |
| 75 | Franklin County | $97 | 0.616% | $236,700 |
| 76 | Warrick County | $94 | 0.654% | $228,900 |
| 77 | Allen County | $89 | 0.802% | $194,300 |
| 78 | St. Joseph County | $89 | 0.867% | $179,800 |
| 79 | Clark County | $88 | 0.737% | $212,400 |
| 80 | Elkhart County | $86 | 0.819% | $194,400 |
| 81 | Bartholomew County | $86 | 0.722% | $221,100 |
| 82 | Floyd County | $81 | 0.704% | $235,100 |
| 83 | Dearborn County | $75 | 0.760% | $227,100 |
| 84 | Hancock County | $72 | 0.680% | $258,100 |
| 85 | Monroe County | $66 | 0.702% | $261,700 |
| 86 | Johnson County | $62 | 0.720% | $260,400 |
| 87 | Marion County | $58 | 0.929% | $207,000 |
| 88 | Lake County | $53 | 0.925% | $214,700 |
| 89 | Porter County | $38 | 0.829% | $261,900 |
| 90 | Hendricks County | $23 | 0.833% | $281,500 |
| 91 | Boone County | $-8 | 0.797% | $341,800 |
| 92 | Hamilton County | $-60 | 0.881% | $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.
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Counties Where Utilities Cost More Than Property Tax across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Indiana