# Cities in Indiana by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 88 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/indiana-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | West Lafayette, IN | 37.3 |
| 2 | Gary, IN | 33.1 |
| 3 | Bloomington, IN | 29.8 |
| 4 | Marion, IN | 29.6 |
| 5 | Muncie, IN | 29.2 |
| 6 | East Chicago, IN | 26.3 |
| 7 | Richmond, IN | 25.4 |
| 8 | Terre Haute, IN | 24.7 |
| 9 | Peru, IN | 23.6 |
| 10 | Connersville, IN | 23.4 |
| 11 | Shelbyville, IN | 21.5 |
| 12 | Anderson, IN | 21 |
| 13 | South Bend, IN | 20.8 |
| 14 | New Castle, IN | 20.1 |
| 15 | Michigan City, IN | 19.8 |
| 16 | Vincennes, IN | 19.6 |
| 17 | Hammond, IN | 19.2 |
| 18 | New Albany, IN | 18.9 |
| 19 | Evansville, IN | 18.4 |
| 20 | Elkhart, IN | 18.2 |
| 21 | Washington, IN | 18.2 |
| 22 | Lafayette, IN | 17.8 |
| 23 | Warsaw, IN | 17.6 |
| 24 | Speedway, IN | 17.5 |
| 25 | Goshen, IN | 17.1 |
| 26 | Kokomo, IN | 17.1 |
| 27 | Clarksville, IN | 16.5 |
| 28 | La Porte, IN | 16.4 |
| 29 | Mishawaka, IN | 16.4 |
| 30 | Bedford, IN | 16.2 |
| 31 | Logansport, IN | 16.1 |
| 32 | Fort Wayne, IN | 16 |
| 33 | Indianapolis, IN | 15.8 |
| 34 | Seymour, IN | 15.5 |
| 35 | Lake Station, IN | 15.5 |
| 36 | Crawfordsville, IN | 15.2 |
| 37 | Huntington, IN | 15 |
| 38 | Madison, IN | 14.9 |
| 38 | Valparaiso, IN | 14.9 |
| 40 | Jasper, IN | 14.4 |
| 41 | Wabash, IN | 14 |
| 42 | Greensburg, IN | 13.8 |
| 43 | Columbia City, IN | 13.6 |
| 44 | Plymouth, IN | 13.5 |
| 45 | Mooresville, IN | 13.1 |
| 46 | Martinsville, IN | 12.9 |
| 47 | Frankfort, IN | 12.9 |
| 48 | Merrillville, IN | 12.6 |
| 49 | Kendallville, IN | 12.4 |
| 50 | Bargersville, IN | 11.9 |
| 51 | Portage, IN | 11.6 |
| 52 | Highland, IN | 11.6 |
| 53 | Columbus, IN | 11.3 |
| 54 | Decatur, IN | 11.3 |
| 55 | Jeffersonville, IN | 11.2 |
| 56 | Beech Grove, IN | 11.1 |
| 57 | Franklin, IN | 11 |
| 58 | Hobart, IN | 10 |
| 59 | Auburn, IN | 9.8 |
| 60 | New Haven, IN | 9.7 |
| 61 | Bluffton, IN | 9.5 |
| 62 | Chesterton, IN | 9.3 |
| 63 | Lawrence, IN | 8.7 |
| 64 | Plainfield, IN | 8.1 |
| 65 | Lebanon, IN | 7.9 |
| 66 | Schererville, IN | 7.7 |
| 67 | Brownsburg, IN | 7.5 |
| 68 | Greenwood, IN | 7.4 |
| 69 | Griffith, IN | 7.1 |
| 70 | Sellersburg, IN | 6.9 |
| 71 | Crown Point, IN | 6.9 |
| 72 | Dyer, IN | 6.2 |
| 73 | Munster, IN | 6 |
| 74 | Avon, IN | 5.7 |
| 75 | Lowell, IN | 5.5 |
| 76 | Greenfield, IN | 5.3 |
| 77 | Noblesville, IN | 5.3 |
| 78 | Yorktown, IN | 4.8 |
| 79 | Fishers, IN | 4 |
| 80 | Carmel, IN | 3.9 |
| 81 | Westfield, IN | 3.6 |
| 82 | Danville, IN | 3.5 |
| 83 | Cedar Lake, IN | 3.5 |
| 84 | Huntertown, IN | 3.2 |
| 85 | Zionsville, IN | 3.1 |
| 86 | Whitestown, IN | 2.8 |
| 87 | St. John, IN | 2.2 |
| 88 | McCordsville, IN | 0.9 |