Cost of living in Bloomington, Indiana
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,200 a month.
Bloomington is a city in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $50,465 a year.
- People
- 80,049
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,200
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $50,465
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $321,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,252
- Bloomington, IN HUD Metro FMR Area
Bloomington, Indiana has about 80,049 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $321,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Monroe County is $1,252 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Bloomington. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Bloomington, IN metro area, prices sit at 95.1 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Indiana taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Bloomington's exact store tax.
Some places in Indiana add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.35% of income. That is not a Bloomington bill.
In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Bloomington's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Indiana in the table we use.
Among 320 places we list in Indiana with a rent figure, 49 have higher typical rent than Bloomington.
Nearby places
- Ellettsville
Typical rent $855
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Typical rent $1,123
Compare with Bloomington - Gosport
Typical rent $898
Compare with Bloomington - Nashville
Typical rent $822
Compare with Bloomington - Spencer
Typical rent $798
Compare with Bloomington - Martinsville
Typical rent $983
Compare with Bloomington - Oolitic
Typical rent $814
Compare with Bloomington - Morgantown
Typical rent $908
Compare with Bloomington
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Indiana
Bigger places in Indiana
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.