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State data • Updated March 2026

Indiana rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Indiana cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Indiana at a glance

$1,347Median city rent (ZORI)
3.3%Unemployment
1,959Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Indiana cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Munster $2,376
McCordsville $2,316 +5.2%
Schererville $2,023
Cicero $1,965
Danville $1,949
Whitestown $1,944 +0.8%
Brownsburg $1,943 +6.7%
Westfield $1,936 +3.8%
West Lafayette $1,848 +3.2%
Carmel $1,815 +7.1%

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Terre Haute $957 +2.7%
Muncie $962 +5.5%
Evansville $1,024 +7.5%
Kokomo $1,029 -0.8%
Anderson $1,059 +3.6%
Elkhart $1,136 +7.9%
Lafayette $1,180 +3.3%
Fort Wayne $1,189 +4.6%
South Bend $1,308 +3.8%
Gary $1,322 +5.5%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Indiana cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in Indiana

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