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Clark County, IN: cost of living

Compare HUD rent benchmarks with household income in Clark County, Indiana. These figures describe area-wide conditions rather than a personal budget.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro RPP: 93.1 (BEA 2024; U.S. = 100). Regional context, not a county-specific price estimate.

BEA 2024 · HUD FY2027 · ACS 2020–2024 · CPI through 2026-10

$1,276
2BR monthly rent

HUD FY2027

20.6%
Rent / household income

Annual 2BR FMR ÷ ACS median income

$74,214
Median household income

ACS 2020–2024

$222,900
Median home value

Owner-occupied homes, ACS 2020–2024

Read the local picture

Fair Market Rent (FMR) is HUD’s estimate of the 40th percentile gross rent for standard-quality rental homes occupied by recent movers. It includes rent and most tenant-paid utilities. A household’s actual rent can differ substantially by neighborhood, lease and property.

2BR rent: county vs state vs US

HUD FY2027 monthly gross FMR. State and U.S. values are population-weighted county means. Dollars per month.

  1. Clark County$1,276
  2. Indiana$1,302
  3. United States$1,761
0$1,761

Put the benchmark in context

The rent-to-income comparison uses 12 months of the 2BR FMR divided by median household income. It compares different vintages and all household types; it is not the share of renter households that are cost burdened.

Annual income vs annual 2BR rent

ACS 2020–2024 median household income and 12 × HUD FY2027 2BR FMR. Dollars per year; separate vintages and household groups.

  1. Median household income$74,214
  2. Annual 2BR rent$15,312
0$74,214

Income remaining after this rent benchmark is $58,902 per year, before taxes, food, transport, health care and other expenses.

This county or equivalent belongs to the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area. Its 2024 metro-wide all-items RPP is 93.1. A metro RPP is not a county-specific price estimate.

The data in view

Monthly rent by bedroom

HUD FY2027 gross monthly FMR; includes most tenant-paid utilities. Dollars per month.

  1. Studio$976
  2. 1 bedroom$1,058
  3. 2 bedrooms$1,276
  4. 3 bedrooms$1,629
  5. 4 bedrooms$1,874
0$1,874

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN: RPP components

BEA 2024 regional context; each category is compared with its own U.S. = 100 benchmark. These are not county price estimates or spending shares.

  1. All items93.1
  2. Goods96.2
  3. Housing rents78.6
  4. Utilities75.0
  5. Other services96.8
0100.0

Black marker: U.S. benchmark = 100 in each row.

Monthly Fair Market Rent by bedroom

HUD 40th percentile gross rent for standard-quality units; includes tenant-paid utilities except telephone, cable and internet. These are benchmarks, not asking-rent medians.

Home sizeFY2027 monthly gross rent
Studio$976
1 bedroom$1,058
2 bedrooms$1,276
3 bedrooms$1,629
4 bedrooms$1,874

Homeownership and population

Property taxes are for owner-occupied homes, not a renter charge. A + marks a Census top-coded estimate.

MeasureValue
Median annual real estate taxes paid$1,716
Population used for weighting (HUD pop2024)124,354

Compare rent and income

State and U.S. rents are population-weighted means of available county benchmarks; income is the published ACS median.

Area2BR rent / monthMedian household income
Clark County$1,276$74,214
Indiana$1,302$71,957
United States$1,761$80,734