Cost of living in Dale, Indiana
Dale, Indiana has about 1,542 people. Typical rent is $848 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $61,953 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 $848 a month.
Dale is a town in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $61,953 a year.
- People
- 1,542
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $848
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $61,953
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $127,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,014
- Spencer County, IN
Dale, Indiana has about 1,542 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $127,200.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Spencer County is $1,014 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Dale. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Indiana's prices sit at 93.3 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Indiana taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Dale'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 Dale bill.
In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Dale'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, 207 have higher typical rent than Dale.
Nearby places
- Santa Claus
Typical rent $1,219
Compare with Dale - Ferdinand
Typical rent $807
Compare with Dale - Huntingburg
Typical rent $887
Compare with Dale - Jasper
Typical rent $810
Compare with Dale - Lewisport
Typical rent $824
Compare with Dale - Tell City
Typical rent $657
Compare with Dale - Boonville
Typical rent $873
- Rockport
Typical rent $678
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.