Cost of living in Clay City, Indiana
Clay City, Indiana has about 1,104 people. Typical rent is $756 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $72,292 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $756 a month.
Clay City is a town in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $72,292 a year.
- People
- 1,104
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $756
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $72,292
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $94,500
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,164
- Terre Haute, IN HUD Metro FMR Area
Clay City, Indiana has about 1,104 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $94,500.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Clay County is $1,164 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Clay City. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Terre Haute, IN metro area, prices sit at 87.8 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 Clay City'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 Clay City bill.
In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Clay City'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, 271 have higher typical rent than Clay City.
Nearby places
- Jasonville
Typical rent $807
Compare with Clay City - Worthington
Typical rent $572
Compare with Clay City - Farmersburg
Typical rent $865
Compare with Clay City - Shelburn
Typical rent $756
Compare with Clay City - Linton
Typical rent $812
Compare with Clay City - Brazil
Typical rent $869
Compare with Clay City - Spencer
Typical rent $798
Compare with Clay City - Terre Haute
Typical rent $922
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.