State profile · IN

Largest Cities in Indiana

Name: Indiana Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 850 tracked cities and towns in Indiana, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

850
Cities: 4.8M
Combined city pop.: $68,642
Avg median income: 9.4%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Indianapolis is the largest of 850 tracked cities in Indiana, which ranks #30 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Indianapolis
largest tracked city (882,043 people): #30
national rank, avg median income: 850
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

90% of Indiana's 850 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

765
10K-99K

79
100K-999K

6

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Indiana coverage, with 765 of 850 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Indiana is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Indiana's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Indianapolis

882,043
Fort Wayne

266,235
Evansville

116,441
South Bend

102,866
Fishers

100,918
Carmel

100,501
Bloomington

78,791
Hammond

77,098
Noblesville

71,940
Lafayette

70,650
Gary

68,604
Muncie

64,739

What this shows Indianapolis, IN is the most populous city profiled in Indiana; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 850-row record is available as a CSV.

How Indiana ranks nationally

Avg median income

$68,642

#30 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$162,257

#39 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

9.4%

#27 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

850

#10 of 52 · most tracked cities

Indiana ranks #30 of 52 nationally on average median income and #27 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Indiana's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$162,257 Among the most affordable more affordable than 75% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in Indiana

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 850 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Indianapolis	882,043	$62,995	$207,000	11.6%
2	Fort Wayne	266,235	$60,293	$169,700	11.8%
3	Evansville	116,441	$52,251	$129,100	13.1%
4	South Bend	102,866	$52,512	$124,500	17.0%
5	Fishers	100,918	$128,141	$370,200	2.0%
6	Carmel	100,501	$134,602	$455,500	2.3%
7	Bloomington	78,791	$48,918	$289,700	13.0%
8	Hammond	77,098	$53,950	$141,700	14.9%
9	Noblesville	71,940	$102,319	$321,800	3.8%
10	Lafayette	70,650	$52,946	$157,600	12.8%
11	Gary	68,604	$37,380	$85,300	29.0%
12	Muncie	64,739	$43,395	$92,000	17.5%
13	Greenwood	64,237	$78,765	$248,700	5.3%
14	Kokomo	59,375	$54,195	$126,500	11.1%
15	Terre Haute	58,491	$41,960	$109,500	18.6%
16	Anderson	54,930	$47,221	$104,300	16.1%
17	Elkhart	53,726	$47,885	$126,900	16.2%
18	Westfield	51,109	$119,598	$391,900	2.9%
19	Columbus	51,104	$76,856	$231,000	9.4%
20	Mishawaka	50,907	$53,120	$140,600	11.6%
21	Jeffersonville	50,176	$70,157	$208,500	7.6%
22	Lawrence	49,284	$73,455	$220,400	5.4%
23	West Lafayette	44,802	$33,497	$318,100	7.2%
24	Portage	37,951	$72,833	$210,800	9.4%
25	New Albany	37,589	$54,152	$169,600	14.2%
26	Merrillville	36,343	$64,791	$194,000	11.5%
27	Plainfield	35,783	$85,074	$263,900	3.8%
28	Richmond	35,551	$46,395	$107,600	17.9%
29	Valparaiso	34,377	$67,664	$250,500	11.7%
30	Goshen	34,374	$55,436	$175,200	12.4%
31	Crown Point	34,042	$95,757	$272,800	5.8%
32	Michigan City	31,894	$52,979	$129,000	15.2%
33	Zionsville	31,442	$159,126	$543,800	3.6%
34	Brownsburg	30,310	$105,435	$282,800	5.3%
35	Granger	30,279	$117,348	$302,500	2.8%
36	Hobart	29,646	$71,680	$203,400	8.2%
37	Schererville	29,627	$86,020	$294,600	6.4%
38	Marion	27,384	$43,349	$83,200	23.3%
39	East Chicago	26,158	$41,071	$92,400	23.9%
40	Franklin	25,999	$77,305	$212,500	8.5%
41	Greenfield	24,308	$74,949	$205,800	2.2%
42	Highland	23,749	$76,219	$219,500	6.9%
43	Munster	23,733	$105,764	$312,000	4.4%
44	Avon	22,683	$97,589	$300,600	7.9%
45	La Porte	22,125	$59,862	$143,800	11.9%
46	Clarksville	22,121	$58,518	$172,700	11.3%
47	St. John	21,639	$127,449	$370,800	0.5%
48	Seymour	21,536	$63,388	$153,300	10.6%
49	Shelbyville	19,866	$58,532	$151,100	14.9%
50	Logansport	17,766	$46,363	$84,600	13.1%
51	Lebanon	17,575	$63,773	$179,200	5.4%
52	New Castle	17,356	$48,977	$95,100	14.8%
53	Huntington	17,026	$51,220	$104,300	8.7%
54	Vincennes	16,676	$50,238	$98,700	14.2%
55	Warsaw	16,592	$57,170	$175,300	11.9%
56	Jasper	16,421	$65,283	$203,300	4.8%
57	Crawfordsville	16,408	$49,327	$134,100	13.0%
58	Dyer	16,400	$101,183	$288,700	7.6%
59	Griffith	16,228	$76,009	$200,400	6.1%
60	Frankfort	15,536	$53,522	$122,800	7.8%
61	New Haven	15,339	$67,121	$151,200	7.6%
62	Beech Grove	15,082	$49,452	$169,500	6.4%
63	Cedar Lake	14,686	$79,177	$259,900	2.1%
64	Chesterton	14,326	$88,536	$280,400	8.4%
65	Bedford	13,824	$50,253	$136,900	11.6%
66	Speedway	13,622	$57,158	$209,400	11.6%
67	Auburn	13,464	$62,339	$172,800	9.0%
68	Connersville	13,241	$45,679	$96,300	17.1%
69	Lake Station	13,109	$56,306	$124,800	12.7%
70	Madison	12,277	$57,050	$186,600	8.9%
71	Washington	12,192	$50,000	$130,700	11.7%
72	Martinsville	11,913	$56,186	$140,400	8.1%
73	Yorktown	11,617	$81,765	$182,000	3.1%
74	Greensburg	11,585	$63,235	$181,000	8.0%
75	Whitestown	11,276	$118,884	$343,900	4.8%
76	Danville	11,049	$93,080	$269,400	2.7%
77	Huntertown	10,984	$104,808	$255,800	3.5%
78	Lowell	10,911	$83,125	$236,900	3.2%
79	Peru	10,835	$46,180	$84,000	22.0%
80	Bluffton	10,539	$57,929	$136,800	4.8%
81	Plymouth	10,506	$53,115	$122,200	8.8%
82	Wabash	10,378	$54,199	$115,000	10.1%
83	Sellersburg	10,215	$69,851	$213,300	1.2%
84	Bargersville	10,163	$104,160	$405,100	13.9%
85	Kendallville	10,094	$60,909	$130,600	15.5%
86	Columbia City	9,975	$65,000	$184,300	12.9%
87	Greencastle	9,863	$54,217	$154,000	6.1%
88	Decatur	9,769	$58,867	$132,900	5.9%
89	McCordsville	9,700	$113,495	$327,900	0.7%
90	Mooresville	9,608	$70,228	$194,300	10.0%
91	Angola	9,383	$59,355	$186,900	10.9%
92	Princeton	8,347	$57,234	$117,100	7.5%
93	Elwood	8,320	$54,084	$92,800	9.4%
94	Charlestown	8,118	$77,548	$191,200	6.8%
95	Brazil	8,064	$49,331	$105,900	10.9%
96	Winfield	7,501	$128,980	$401,200	1.5%
97	Tell City	7,490	$50,702	$121,200	16.3%
98	Lakes of the Four Seasons	7,338	$116,778	$300,500	3.4%
99	Scottsburg	7,338	$38,027	$123,900	21.7%
100	North Vernon	7,214	$48,235	$107,900	15.7%

What to do with Indiana's city data

850 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Indianapolis is Indiana's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major IN metro. Indianapolis profile
Crows Nest has the highest median household income of any tracked city in Indiana, a different lens than population size alone. Crows Nest profile
See how Indiana's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 850 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Indiana on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 4,816,970.

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Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $68,642. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Indiana?

PlainCities profiles 850 cities and towns in Indiana, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Indiana?

Indianapolis is the largest tracked city in Indiana, with a population of 882,043.

What is the average household income in Indiana?

Across the 850 tracked cities in Indiana, the average median household income is $68,642. Individual cities vary widely, with Crows Nest reporting the highest median income at $245,000.

What is the average poverty rate in Indiana?

The average poverty rate across Indiana's tracked cities is 9.4%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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Largest Cities in Indiana

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