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Cost of living in Muncie, Indiana

Muncie, Indiana has about 64,751 people. Typical rent is $904 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $44,471 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.

Ranked #91 in Indiana on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $904 a month.

Muncie is a city in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $44,471 a year.

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People
64,751
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$904
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$44,471
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$97,300
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,145
Muncie, IN MSA

Muncie, Indiana has about 64,751 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $97,300.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Delaware County is $1,145 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Muncie. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Muncie, IN metro area, prices sit at 88.1 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 Muncie'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 Muncie bill.

In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Muncie'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, 165 have higher typical rent than Muncie.

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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.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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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.