Midwest · Indiana · pop 880K
Indianapolis, IN
Good match
at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.
Personalize this score →After estimated taxes in IN, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,211 — covering estimated essentials here (about $995 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,882 left over.
Expect summer highs near 85°F, winter lows around 21°F, and about 186 sunny days a year.
Home prices are within reach relative to local pay — the median home ($225,000) is about 3.6× the median household income.
Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.
The Indianapolis fit print
Est. monthly cost
$3,329/mo
Typical rent
$1,170/mo
Home value ÷ income
3.6×
Score breakdown
The data behind the score
Money (Census ACS · HUD)
- Median gross rent
- $1,090/mo
- HUD fair market rent (2BR)
- $1,170/mo
- Median home value
- $225,000
- Median household income
- $62,000
- Population
- 880,000
Work (BLS)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3%
- Job growth (1yr)
- 1.5%
Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)
- Violent crime rate
- 1,050
- Property crime rate
- 4,100
Climate (NOAA normals)
- Avg. summer high
- 85°F
- Avg. winter low
- 21°F
- Sunny days / year
- 186
- Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
- ≈8/yr
- Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
- ≈52/yr
- Unhealthy air days
- ≈10/yr
- Annual rain
- 43"
- Annual snow
- 22"
Community & access (approx.)
- 2024 county margin
- D+25
- Int'l airport
- ≈12 mi
- Walkability
- 31/100
- Disaster risk
- 48/100
Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.
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