Cost of living in Portland, Indiana
Portland, Indiana has about 6,416 people. Typical rent is $763 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $51,513 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 #34 in Indiana on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $763 a month.
Portland is a city in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $51,513 a year.
- People
- 6,416
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $763
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $51,513
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $96,700
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,014
- Jay County, IN
Portland, Indiana has about 6,416 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $96,700.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Jay County is $1,014 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Portland. 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 Portland'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 Portland bill.
In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Portland'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, 266 have higher typical rent than Portland.
Nearby places
- Redkey
Typical rent $905
Compare with Portland - Fort Recovery
Typical rent $805
Compare with Portland - Geneva
Typical rent $676
Compare with Portland - Dunkirk
Typical rent $700
Compare with Portland - Berne
Typical rent $792
Compare with Portland - Albany
Typical rent $683
Compare with Portland - Montpelier
Typical rent $641
- Winchester
Typical rent $756
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.