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Indiana: cities with the highest household income

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In short: Indiana: Zionsville has the highest median household income ($172,024) among the 80 largest places.
Indianapolis city (885,860 residents)Fort Wayne (268,589 residents)Evansville (116,116 residents)South Bend (103,085 residents)Fishers (102,337 residents)Carmel (101,651 residents)Bloomington (80,049 residents)Hammond (76,768 residents)Noblesville (73,362 residents)Lafayette (71,159 residents)Gary (68,113 residents)Greenwood (66,029 residents)Muncie (64,751 residents)Kokomo (59,122 residents)Terre Haute (58,427 residents)Anderson (55,367 residents)Westfield (54,677 residents)Elkhart (53,733 residents)Columbus (51,824 residents)Jeffersonville (51,043 residents)Mishawaka (51,021 residents)Lawrence (49,517 residents)West Lafayette (45,159 residents)Portage (38,082 residents)New Albany (37,581 residents)Merrillville (36,476 residents)Plainfield (36,369 residents)Richmond (35,581 residents)Valparaiso (34,733 residents)Goshen (34,420 residents)Crown Point (34,393 residents)Zionsville (32,095 residents)Michigan City (31,814 residents)Brownsburg (31,215 residents)Granger (30,321 residents)Schererville (29,701 residents)Hobart (29,558 residents)Marion (27,531 residents)Franklin (26,168 residents)East Chicago (26,022 residents)Greenfield (24,940 residents)Munster (23,733 residents)Highland (23,680 residents)Avon (23,437 residents)St. John (22,567 residents)La Porte (22,449 residents)Seymour (22,371 residents)Clarksville (22,016 residents)Shelbyville (20,296 residents)Lebanon (17,812 residents)Logansport (17,790 residents)New Castle (17,367 residents)Huntington (17,030 residents)Warsaw (16,768 residents)Vincennes (16,586 residents)Crawfordsville (16,491 residents)Dyer (16,400 residents)Griffith (16,273 residents)Jasper (15,991 residents)Frankfort (15,917 residents)New Haven (15,698 residents)Cedar Lake (15,295 residents)Beech Grove (14,913 residents)Chesterton (14,446 residents)Speedway (13,968 residents)Bedford (13,837 residents)Auburn (13,565 residents)Lake Station (13,185 residents)Connersville (13,109 residents)Whitestown (12,466 residents)Washington (12,367 residents)Greensburg (12,229 residents)Madison (12,223 residents)Martinsville (11,933 residents)Danville (11,714 residents)Yorktown (11,699 residents)Huntertown (11,379 residents)Lowell (11,073 residents)Peru (10,901 residents)Bargersville (10,752 residents)
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By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 08/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.

Zionsville#1
$172,024median household income
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Ranking

CITY (80 largest of Indiana) Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024

Among the 80 largest places in Indiana, Zionsville has the highest median household income ($172,024), followed by Carmel and St. John. Click any column to sort; click a city for its guide.

What the ranking shows

Across the 80 places in Indiana that we cover, the median is $64,426 and the average $72,779; the figure runs from $172,024 (Zionsville) to $34,891 (West Lafayette). That is a spread of 4.9 times between the two ends. The state figure is $71,957; 31 of the 80 places are above it and 49 at or below.

How to use it

The first five are Zionsville, Carmel, St. John, Fishers, Whitestown. A high or low position is not good or bad on its own: high incomes often come with higher housing costs, so compare rent as a share of income. Use the Compare tab on each city page to see how two places differ across income, rent, commute and education, and check the county page for the local job market.

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# ⇅City ⇅County ⇅Median household income ⇅Population ⇅Median rent ⇅
1ZionsvilleBoone County$172,02432,095$1,792
2CarmelHamilton County$141,505101,651$1,712
3St. JohnLake County$131,46722,567$989
4FishersHamilton County$130,203102,337$1,611
5WhitestownBoone County$123,64312,466$1,842
6Granger (unincorporated)Saint Joseph County$123,31830,321$1,656
7WestfieldHamilton County$122,78954,677$1,667
8BargersvilleJohnson County$114,23110,752$1,379
9MunsterLake County$110,18723,733$1,507
10HuntertownAllen County$109,43211,379$1,550
11DyerLake County$107,15916,400$1,225
12NoblesvilleHamilton County$104,04773,362$1,389
13BrownsburgHendricks County$102,23531,215$1,486
14Crown PointLake County$101,68634,393$1,485
15AvonHendricks County$98,48623,437$1,538
16DanvilleHendricks County$97,08311,714$1,151
17ChestertonPorter County$91,06014,446$1,274
18ScherervilleLake County$89,46629,701$1,310
19PlainfieldHendricks County$87,27236,369$1,499
20LowellLake County$84,02411,073$1,123
21GreenwoodJohnson County$83,60866,029$1,312
22Cedar LakeLake County$83,38115,295$1,350
23FranklinJohnson County$82,38026,168$1,186
24YorktownDelaware County$81,67411,699$926
25HighlandLake County$78,06223,680$1,230
26ColumbusBartholomew County$77,45651,824$1,157
27GriffithLake County$76,63616,273$1,235
28PortagePorter County$76,27638,082$1,231
29GreenfieldHancock County$76,12724,940$1,177
30HobartLake County$75,16029,558$1,206
31LawrenceMarion County$74,02249,517$1,178
32New HavenAllen County$70,97015,698$998
33JeffersonvilleClark County$70,93051,043$1,148
34ValparaisoPorter County$69,87234,733$1,224
35JasperDubois County$68,81715,991$810
36AuburnDeKalb County$68,75013,565$865
37MerrillvilleLake County$67,58736,476$1,282
38Indianapolis cityMarion County$66,219885,860$1,156
39LebanonBoone County$65,15417,812$962
40SeymourJackson County$64,42622,371$1,011
41GreensburgDecatur County$62,65512,229$859
42Fort WayneAllen County$61,422268,589$999
43MadisonJefferson County$61,18312,223$820
44WarsawKosciusko County$61,03516,768$1,066
45ClarksvilleClark County$60,46722,016$1,110
46MartinsvilleMorgan County$60,17711,933$983
47SpeedwayMarion County$60,14713,968$1,141
48Lake StationLake County$59,59113,185$1,124
49La PorteLaPorte County$59,30722,449$948
50GoshenElkhart County$59,18434,420$1,093
51FrankfortClinton County$57,41215,917$898
52HuntingtonHuntington County$56,52017,030$879
53South BendSaint Joseph County$55,786103,085$1,033
54ShelbyvilleShelby County$55,60220,296$995
55HammondLake County$55,50476,768$1,134
56KokomoHoward County$55,36059,122$939
57CrawfordsvilleMontgomery County$55,03316,491$857
58New AlbanyFloyd County$54,71037,581$1,026
59MishawakaSaint Joseph County$54,29151,021$1,070
60LafayetteTippecanoe County$53,71671,159$1,079
61VincennesKnox County$53,63716,586$793
62EvansvilleVanderburgh County$53,387116,116$975
63Michigan CityLaPorte County$53,08931,814$967
64New CastleHenry County$51,60617,367$781
65ElkhartElkhart County$51,02853,733$998
66BloomingtonMonroe County$50,46580,049$1,200
67WashingtonDaviess County$50,33112,367$858
68Beech GroveMarion County$49,97314,913$1,091
69BedfordLawrence County$49,55313,837$828
70ConnersvilleFayette County$48,85413,109$787
71LogansportCass County$47,29117,790$786
72AndersonMadison County$46,90955,367$925
73PeruMiami County$46,15910,901$826
74RichmondWayne County$45,39935,581$822
75MuncieDelaware County$44,47164,751$904
76MarionGrant County$43,34327,531$805
77Terre HauteVigo County$43,12658,427$922
78East ChicagoLake County$42,12526,022$854
79GaryLake County$38,73168,113$1,012
80West LafayetteTippecanoe County$34,89145,159$1,225

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Unincorporated places are census-designated places: they have no city government but are counted as communities. Figures describe the city itself.

FAQ

Which Indiana city has the highest median household income?

Zionsville, with $172,024 (among the 80 largest places; ACS 2020–2024).

How many cities are ranked?

The 80 largest places in Indiana by population.

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