Rent Affordability for A Customer Service Representative in Indiana

A typical customer service representative in Indiana earns about $39,017 a year, which supports approximately $975 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. 5 of 70 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 65 are rent-burdened on this salary.

City↕	Median rent↕	% of income↑	Affordability
New Castle, IN	$743/mo	22.9%	affordable
Richmond, IN	$865/mo	26.6%	affordable
Crawfordsville, IN	$886/mo	27.2%	affordable
Marion, IN	$926/mo	28.5%	affordable
Frankfort, IN	$967/mo	29.7%	affordable
Muncie, IN	$985/mo	30.3%	stretched
Logansport, IN	$995/mo	30.6%	stretched
Terre Haute, IN	$1,007/mo	31%	stretched
Kokomo, IN	$1,019/mo	31.3%	stretched
East Chicago, IN	$1,021/mo	31.4%	stretched
Columbia City, IN	$1,035/mo	31.8%	stretched
Michigan City, IN	$1,050/mo	32.3%	stretched
Greencastle, IN	$1,050/mo	32.3%	stretched
Shelbyville, IN	$1,058/mo	32.5%	stretched
Goshen, IN	$1,068/mo	32.8%	stretched
Delphi, IN	$1,065/mo	32.8%	stretched
Evansville, IN	$1,076/mo	33.1%	stretched
Anderson, IN	$1,083/mo	33.3%	stretched
Angola, IN	$1,085/mo	33.4%	stretched
Elkhart, IN	$1,155/mo	35.5%	stretched
New Albany, IN	$1,171/mo	36%	stretched
Clarksville, IN	$1,217/mo	37.4%	stretched
La Porte, IN	$1,229/mo	37.8%	stretched
Warsaw, IN	$1,245/mo	38.3%	stretched
Beech Grove, IN	$1,258/mo	38.7%	stretched
Sellersburg, IN	$1,274/mo	39.2%	stretched
Mishawaka, IN	$1,280/mo	39.4%	stretched
Lafayette, IN	$1,285/mo	39.5%	stretched
Fort Wayne, IN	$1,295/mo	39.8%	stretched
South Bend, IN	$1,293/mo	39.8%	stretched
Jeffersonville, IN	$1,301/mo	40%	rent-burdened
Gary, IN	$1,374/mo	42.3%	rent-burdened
Hobart, IN	$1,379/mo	42.4%	rent-burdened
Columbus, IN	$1,398/mo	43%	rent-burdened
Indianapolis, IN	$1,416/mo	43.6%	rent-burdened
Valparaiso, IN	$1,450/mo	44.6%	rent-burdened
Bloomington, IN	$1,463/mo	45%	rent-burdened
Hammond, IN	$1,500/mo	46.1%	rent-burdened
Portage, IN	$1,509/mo	46.4%	rent-burdened
Merrillville, IN	$1,533/mo	47.1%	rent-burdened
Fortville, IN	$1,554/mo	47.8%	rent-burdened
Greenfield, IN	$1,590/mo	48.9%	rent-burdened
Highland, IN	$1,594/mo	49%	rent-burdened
Greenwood, IN	$1,617/mo	49.7%	rent-burdened
Speedway, IN	$1,636/mo	50.3%	severely rent-burdened
Charlestown, IN	$1,636/mo	50.3%	severely rent-burdened
Lawrence, IN	$1,660/mo	51.1%	severely rent-burdened
Lake Station, IN	$1,670/mo	51.4%	severely rent-burdened
Newburgh, IN	$1,687/mo	51.9%	severely rent-burdened
Noblesville, IN	$1,741/mo	53.5%	severely rent-burdened
Plainfield, IN	$1,743/mo	53.6%	severely rent-burdened
New Whiteland, IN	$1,753/mo	53.9%	severely rent-burdened
Lebanon, IN	$1,781/mo	54.8%	severely rent-burdened
Crown Point, IN	$1,793/mo	55.1%	severely rent-burdened
Franklin, IN	$1,821/mo	56%	severely rent-burdened
Carmel, IN	$1,832/mo	56.3%	severely rent-burdened
Zionsville, IN	$1,840/mo	56.6%	severely rent-burdened
Avon, IN	$1,849/mo	56.9%	severely rent-burdened
West Lafayette, IN	$1,857/mo	57.1%	severely rent-burdened
Lowell, IN	$1,861/mo	57.2%	severely rent-burdened
Fishers, IN	$1,921/mo	59.1%	severely rent-burdened
Brownsburg, IN	$1,949/mo	59.9%	severely rent-burdened
Pendleton, IN	$1,964/mo	60.4%	severely rent-burdened
Westfield, IN	$1,983/mo	61%	severely rent-burdened
Schererville, IN	$1,987/mo	61.1%	severely rent-burdened
Munster, IN	$1,987/mo	61.1%	severely rent-burdened
Whitestown, IN	$2,044/mo	62.9%	severely rent-burdened
Sheridan, IN	$2,050/mo	63%	severely rent-burdened
McCordsville, IN	$2,091/mo	64.3%	severely rent-burdened
Granger, IN	$2,133/mo	65.6%	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).