Cost of living in Harlan, Indiana
Harlan, Indiana has about 1,254 people. Typical rent is $894 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $75,313 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 $894 a month.
Harlan is a Census community, not a separate city government in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $75,313 a year.
- People
- 1,254
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $894
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $75,313
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $179,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,248
- Fort Wayne, IN HUD Metro FMR Area
Harlan, Indiana has about 1,254 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $179,200.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Allen County is $1,248 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Harlan. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Fort Wayne, IN metro area, prices sit at 92.6 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 Harlan'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 Harlan bill.
In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Harlan'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, 171 have higher typical rent than Harlan.
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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.
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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.