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Cities in Indiana by households

Indianapolis, IN had the highest households of 88 cities in 2021, at 352,238. Huntertown, IN had the lowest, at 2,921. The median was 8,563 and the figure for Indiana was 2.62 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest352,238Indianapolis, IN
Lowest2,921Huntertown, IN
Median8,56388 cities
Indiana2,622,601History

Top 40 cities, 2021

Indianapolis, IN: 352,238 countIndianapolis, IN352,238Fort Wayne, IN: 106,669 countFort Wayne, IN106,669Evansville, IN: 52,114 countEvansville, IN52,114South Bend, IN: 40,541 countSouth Bend, IN40,541Carmel, IN: 37,229 countCarmel, IN37,229Fishers, IN: 34,849 countFishers, IN34,849Bloomington, IN: 32,599 countBloomington, IN32,599Lafayette, IN: 31,362 countLafayette, IN31,362Hammond, IN: 29,321 countHammond, IN29,321Gary, IN: 27,773 countGary, IN27,773Muncie, IN: 26,435 countMuncie, IN26,435Kokomo, IN: 26,029 countKokomo, IN26,029Greenwood, IN: 25,212 countGreenwood, IN25,212Noblesville, IN: 25,146 countNoblesville, IN25,146Anderson, IN: 23,409 countAnderson, IN23,409Terre Haute, IN: 22,977 countTerre Haute, IN22,977Mishawaka, IN: 22,693 countMishawaka, IN22,693Elkhart, IN: 21,212 countElkhart, IN21,212Columbus, IN: 20,717 countColumbus, IN20,717Jeffersonville, IN: 19,618 countJeffersonville, IN19,618Lawrence, IN: 18,891 countLawrence, IN18,891Westfield, IN: 16,837 countWestfield, IN16,837New Albany, IN: 15,390 countNew Albany, IN15,390Merrillville, IN: 14,986 countMerrillville, IN14,986Portage, IN: 14,686 countPortage, IN14,686Richmond, IN: 14,633 countRichmond, IN14,633Valparaiso, IN: 14,179 countValparaiso, IN14,179West Lafayette, IN: 13,588 countWest Lafayette, IN13,588Plainfield, IN: 12,715 countPlainfield, IN12,715Goshen, IN: 12,418 countGoshen, IN12,418Michigan City, IN: 12,274 countMichigan City, IN12,274Crown Point, IN: 12,008 countCrown Point, IN12,008Hobart, IN: 11,885 countHobart, IN11,885Schererville, IN: 11,838 countSchererville, IN11,838Zionsville, IN: 10,835 countZionsville, IN10,835Marion, IN: 10,806 countMarion, IN10,806Brownsburg, IN: 9,956 countBrownsburg, IN9,956Highland, IN: 9,956 countHighland, IN9,956East Chicago, IN: 9,953 countEast Chicago, IN9,953Greenfield, IN: 9,616 countGreenfield, IN9,616Indianapolis, IN: 352,238 countIndianapolis, IN352,238Fort Wayne, IN: 106,669 countFort Wayne, IN106,669Evansville, IN: 52,114 countEvansville, IN52,114South Bend, IN: 40,541 countSouth Bend, IN40,541Carmel, IN: 37,229 countCarmel, IN37,229Fishers, IN: 34,849 countFishers, IN34,849Bloomington, IN: 32,599 countBloomington, IN32,599Lafayette, IN: 31,362 countLafayette, IN31,362Hammond, IN: 29,321 countHammond, IN29,321Gary, IN: 27,773 countGary, IN27,773Muncie, IN: 26,435 countMuncie, IN26,435Kokomo, IN: 26,029 countKokomo, IN26,029Greenwood, IN: 25,212 countGreenwood, IN25,212Noblesville, IN: 25,146 countNoblesville, IN25,146Anderson, IN: 23,409 countAnderson, IN23,409Terre Haute, IN: 22,977 countTerre Haute, IN22,977Mishawaka, IN: 22,693 countMishawaka, IN22,693Elkhart, IN: 21,212 countElkhart, IN21,212Columbus, IN: 20,717 countColumbus, IN20,717Jeffersonville, IN: 19,618 countJeffersonville, IN19,618Lawrence, IN: 18,891 countLawrence, IN18,891Westfield, IN: 16,837 countWestfield, IN16,837New Albany, IN: 15,390 countNew Albany, IN15,390Merrillville, IN: 14,986 countMerrillville, IN14,986Portage, IN: 14,686 countPortage, IN14,686Richmond, IN: 14,633 countRichmond, IN14,633Valparaiso, IN: 14,179 countValparaiso, IN14,179West Lafayette, IN: 13,588 countWest Lafayette, IN13,588Plainfield, IN: 12,715 countPlainfield, IN12,715Goshen, IN: 12,418 countGoshen, IN12,418Michigan City, IN: 12,274 countMichigan City, IN12,274Crown Point, IN: 12,008 countCrown Point, IN12,008Hobart, IN: 11,885 countHobart, IN11,885Schererville, IN: 11,838 countSchererville, IN11,838Zionsville, IN: 10,835 countZionsville, IN10,835Marion, IN: 10,806 countMarion, IN10,806Brownsburg, IN: 9,956 countBrownsburg, IN9,956Highland, IN: 9,956 countHighland, IN9,956East Chicago, IN: 9,953 countEast Chicago, IN9,953Greenfield, IN: 9,616 countGreenfield, IN9,616
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
count
1Indianapolis, IN352,238
2Fort Wayne, IN106,669
3Evansville, IN52,114
4South Bend, IN40,541
5Carmel, IN37,229
6Fishers, IN34,849
7Bloomington, IN32,599
8Lafayette, IN31,362
9Hammond, IN29,321
10Gary, IN27,773
11Muncie, IN26,435
12Kokomo, IN26,029
13Greenwood, IN25,212
14Noblesville, IN25,146
15Anderson, IN23,409
16Terre Haute, IN22,977
17Mishawaka, IN22,693
18Elkhart, IN21,212
19Columbus, IN20,717
20Jeffersonville, IN19,618
21Lawrence, IN18,891
22Westfield, IN16,837
23New Albany, IN15,390
24Merrillville, IN14,986
25Portage, IN14,686
26Richmond, IN14,633
27Valparaiso, IN14,179
28West Lafayette, IN13,588
29Plainfield, IN12,715
30Goshen, IN12,418
31Michigan City, IN12,274
32Crown Point, IN12,008
33Hobart, IN11,885
34Schererville, IN11,838
35Zionsville, IN10,835
36Marion, IN10,806
37Brownsburg, IN9,956
37Highland, IN9,956
39East Chicago, IN9,953
40Greenfield, IN9,616
41La Porte, IN9,319
42Munster, IN9,070
43Franklin, IN8,988
44Clarksville, IN8,951
45Shelbyville, IN8,174
46Seymour, IN7,968
47Avon, IN7,943
48Vincennes, IN7,398
49New Castle, IN7,179
50Lebanon, IN7,092
51Huntington, IN6,918
52St. John, IN6,905
53Logansport, IN6,872
54Warsaw, IN6,728
55Griffith, IN6,694
56Crawfordsville, IN6,687
57Jasper, IN6,609
58New Haven, IN6,467
59Bedford, IN6,271
60Beech Grove, IN6,221
61Dyer, IN6,190
62Speedway, IN6,089
63Frankfort, IN6,034
64Connersville, IN5,801
65Chesterton, IN5,596
66Auburn, IN5,576
67Madison, IN5,064
68Cedar Lake, IN5,062
69Greensburg, IN4,858
70Lake Station, IN4,821
71Washington, IN4,743
72Wabash, IN4,607
73Peru, IN4,491
74Martinsville, IN4,418
75Yorktown, IN4,414
76Bluffton, IN4,322
77Decatur, IN4,232
78Columbia City, IN4,147
79Kendallville, IN4,133
80Lowell, IN3,982
81Danville, IN3,870
82Plymouth, IN3,749
83Mooresville, IN3,695
84Sellersburg, IN3,599
85McCordsville, IN3,303
86Whitestown, IN3,211
87Bargersville, IN3,089
88Huntertown, IN2,921

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Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

People living in group quarters, such as college dormitories, nursing homes and prisons, are not in households.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Indiana by households, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Indiana by households, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/indiana-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Indiana by households, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/indiana-cities?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Indiana by households, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/indiana-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Indianapolis, IN, with 352,238 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Huntertown, IN, with 2,921 in 2021.

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