Rent Affordability for A Nursing Assistant in Indiana

A typical nursing assistant in Indiana earns about $36,441 a year, which supports approximately $911 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. 3 of 70 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 67 are rent-burdened on this salary.

City↕	Median rent↕	% of income↑	Affordability
Logansport, IN	$795/mo	26.2%	affordable
New Castle, IN	$854/mo	28.1%	affordable
Richmond, IN	$894/mo	29.4%	affordable
Frankfort, IN	$939/mo	30.9%	stretched
Marion, IN	$955/mo	31.4%	stretched
Delphi, IN	$959/mo	31.6%	stretched
Terre Haute, IN	$993/mo	32.7%	stretched
Crawfordsville, IN	$1,035/mo	34.1%	stretched
Columbia City, IN	$1,035/mo	34.1%	stretched
East Chicago, IN	$1,040/mo	34.2%	stretched
Muncie, IN	$1,043/mo	34.3%	stretched
Greencastle, IN	$1,050/mo	34.6%	stretched
Evansville, IN	$1,058/mo	34.8%	stretched
Shelbyville, IN	$1,083/mo	35.7%	stretched
Anderson, IN	$1,088/mo	35.8%	stretched
Angola, IN	$1,090/mo	35.9%	stretched
Kokomo, IN	$1,099/mo	36.2%	stretched
Michigan City, IN	$1,146/mo	37.7%	stretched
Goshen, IN	$1,148/mo	37.8%	stretched
Clarksville, IN	$1,156/mo	38.1%	stretched
Elkhart, IN	$1,185/mo	39%	stretched
New Albany, IN	$1,194/mo	39.3%	stretched
Mishawaka, IN	$1,196/mo	39.4%	stretched
Beech Grove, IN	$1,246/mo	41%	rent-burdened
Fort Wayne, IN	$1,257/mo	41.4%	rent-burdened
Sellersburg, IN	$1,264/mo	41.6%	rent-burdened
South Bend, IN	$1,269/mo	41.8%	rent-burdened
La Porte, IN	$1,271/mo	41.9%	rent-burdened
Lafayette, IN	$1,282/mo	42.2%	rent-burdened
Lowell, IN	$1,304/mo	42.9%	rent-burdened
Hobart, IN	$1,348/mo	44.4%	rent-burdened
Gary, IN	$1,367/mo	45%	rent-burdened
Jeffersonville, IN	$1,366/mo	45%	rent-burdened
Indianapolis, IN	$1,375/mo	45.3%	rent-burdened
Columbus, IN	$1,385/mo	45.6%	rent-burdened
Portage, IN	$1,449/mo	47.7%	rent-burdened
Valparaiso, IN	$1,459/mo	48%	rent-burdened
Warsaw, IN	$1,473/mo	48.5%	rent-burdened
Hammond, IN	$1,512/mo	49.8%	rent-burdened
Lawrence, IN	$1,540/mo	50.7%	severely rent-burdened
Charlestown, IN	$1,552/mo	51.1%	severely rent-burdened
Greenwood, IN	$1,554/mo	51.2%	severely rent-burdened
Merrillville, IN	$1,562/mo	51.4%	severely rent-burdened
Highland, IN	$1,588/mo	52.3%	severely rent-burdened
Newburgh, IN	$1,594/mo	52.5%	severely rent-burdened
Speedway, IN	$1,615/mo	53.2%	severely rent-burdened
Fortville, IN	$1,662/mo	54.7%	severely rent-burdened
Greenfield, IN	$1,666/mo	54.9%	severely rent-burdened
Lake Station, IN	$1,670/mo	55%	severely rent-burdened
Franklin, IN	$1,687/mo	55.6%	severely rent-burdened
Noblesville, IN	$1,692/mo	55.7%	severely rent-burdened
Crown Point, IN	$1,718/mo	56.6%	severely rent-burdened
Plainfield, IN	$1,722/mo	56.7%	severely rent-burdened
Schererville, IN	$1,760/mo	58%	severely rent-burdened
Bloomington, IN	$1,763/mo	58.1%	severely rent-burdened
Lebanon, IN	$1,819/mo	59.9%	severely rent-burdened
Carmel, IN	$1,864/mo	61.4%	severely rent-burdened
Brownsburg, IN	$1,868/mo	61.5%	severely rent-burdened
West Lafayette, IN	$1,877/mo	61.8%	severely rent-burdened
Zionsville, IN	$1,879/mo	61.9%	severely rent-burdened
Avon, IN	$1,882/mo	62%	severely rent-burdened
Westfield, IN	$1,922/mo	63.3%	severely rent-burdened
Fishers, IN	$1,938/mo	63.8%	severely rent-burdened
Granger, IN	$1,942/mo	63.9%	severely rent-burdened
Pendleton, IN	$1,949/mo	64.2%	severely rent-burdened
New Whiteland, IN	$2,000/mo	65.9%	severely rent-burdened
Sheridan, IN	$2,050/mo	67.5%	severely rent-burdened
Munster, IN	$2,124/mo	69.9%	severely rent-burdened
Whitestown, IN	$2,133/mo	70.2%	severely rent-burdened
McCordsville, IN	$2,159/mo	71.1%	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).