Rent Affordability for A Bus Driver in Indiana

A typical bus driver in Indiana earns about $47,674 a year, which supports approximately $1,192 a month in rent under the 30% rule. Below, every tracked Indiana city is ranked by how local rent compares against that affordability ceiling.

As of May 2026. 21 of 70 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 49 are rent-burdened on this salary.

City↕	Median rent↕	% of income↑	Affordability
Logansport, IN	$795/mo	20%	affordable
New Castle, IN	$854/mo	21.5%	affordable
Richmond, IN	$894/mo	22.5%	affordable
Frankfort, IN	$939/mo	23.6%	affordable
Marion, IN	$955/mo	24%	affordable
Delphi, IN	$959/mo	24.1%	affordable
Terre Haute, IN	$993/mo	25%	affordable
Crawfordsville, IN	$1,035/mo	26.1%	affordable
Columbia City, IN	$1,035/mo	26.1%	affordable
East Chicago, IN	$1,040/mo	26.2%	affordable
Muncie, IN	$1,043/mo	26.3%	affordable
Greencastle, IN	$1,050/mo	26.4%	affordable
Evansville, IN	$1,058/mo	26.6%	affordable
Shelbyville, IN	$1,083/mo	27.3%	affordable
Anderson, IN	$1,088/mo	27.4%	affordable
Angola, IN	$1,090/mo	27.4%	affordable
Kokomo, IN	$1,099/mo	27.7%	affordable
Michigan City, IN	$1,146/mo	28.8%	affordable
Goshen, IN	$1,148/mo	28.9%	affordable
Clarksville, IN	$1,156/mo	29.1%	affordable
Elkhart, IN	$1,185/mo	29.8%	affordable
Mishawaka, IN	$1,196/mo	30.1%	stretched
New Albany, IN	$1,194/mo	30.1%	stretched
Beech Grove, IN	$1,246/mo	31.4%	stretched
Fort Wayne, IN	$1,257/mo	31.6%	stretched
Sellersburg, IN	$1,264/mo	31.8%	stretched
South Bend, IN	$1,269/mo	31.9%	stretched
La Porte, IN	$1,271/mo	32%	stretched
Lafayette, IN	$1,282/mo	32.3%	stretched
Lowell, IN	$1,304/mo	32.8%	stretched
Hobart, IN	$1,348/mo	33.9%	stretched
Gary, IN	$1,367/mo	34.4%	stretched
Jeffersonville, IN	$1,366/mo	34.4%	stretched
Indianapolis, IN	$1,375/mo	34.6%	stretched
Columbus, IN	$1,385/mo	34.9%	stretched
Portage, IN	$1,449/mo	36.5%	stretched
Valparaiso, IN	$1,459/mo	36.7%	stretched
Warsaw, IN	$1,473/mo	37.1%	stretched
Hammond, IN	$1,512/mo	38.1%	stretched
Lawrence, IN	$1,540/mo	38.8%	stretched
Greenwood, IN	$1,554/mo	39.1%	stretched
Charlestown, IN	$1,552/mo	39.1%	stretched
Merrillville, IN	$1,562/mo	39.3%	stretched
Highland, IN	$1,588/mo	40%	stretched
Newburgh, IN	$1,594/mo	40.1%	rent-burdened
Speedway, IN	$1,615/mo	40.7%	rent-burdened
Fortville, IN	$1,662/mo	41.8%	rent-burdened
Greenfield, IN	$1,666/mo	41.9%	rent-burdened
Lake Station, IN	$1,670/mo	42%	rent-burdened
Franklin, IN	$1,687/mo	42.5%	rent-burdened
Noblesville, IN	$1,692/mo	42.6%	rent-burdened
Crown Point, IN	$1,718/mo	43.2%	rent-burdened
Plainfield, IN	$1,722/mo	43.3%	rent-burdened
Schererville, IN	$1,760/mo	44.3%	rent-burdened
Bloomington, IN	$1,763/mo	44.4%	rent-burdened
Lebanon, IN	$1,819/mo	45.8%	rent-burdened
Carmel, IN	$1,864/mo	46.9%	rent-burdened
Brownsburg, IN	$1,868/mo	47%	rent-burdened
West Lafayette, IN	$1,877/mo	47.2%	rent-burdened
Zionsville, IN	$1,879/mo	47.3%	rent-burdened
Avon, IN	$1,882/mo	47.4%	rent-burdened
Westfield, IN	$1,922/mo	48.4%	rent-burdened
Fishers, IN	$1,938/mo	48.8%	rent-burdened
Granger, IN	$1,942/mo	48.9%	rent-burdened
Pendleton, IN	$1,949/mo	49.1%	rent-burdened
New Whiteland, IN	$2,000/mo	50.3%	severely rent-burdened
Sheridan, IN	$2,050/mo	51.6%	severely rent-burdened
Munster, IN	$2,124/mo	53.5%	severely rent-burdened
Whitestown, IN	$2,133/mo	53.7%	severely rent-burdened
McCordsville, IN	$2,159/mo	54.3%	severely rent-burdened

Methodology: Salary is the BLS-derived state estimate for Indiana. Rent is the latest ZORI monthly value for each city. Affordability uses the 30% rule (rent ≤ 30% of gross income).