Cost of living in Tipton, Indiana
Simple answer
Typical rent is $848 a month.
Tipton is a city in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $59,828 a year.
- People
- 5,280
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $848
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $59,828
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $161,700
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,239
- Tipton County, IN HUD Metro FMR Area
Tipton, Indiana has about 5,280 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $161,700.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Tipton County is $1,239 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Tipton. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area, prices sit at 95.7 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 Tipton'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 Tipton bill.
In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Tipton'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 Tipton.
Nearby places
- Arcadia
Typical rent $971
Compare with Tipton - Elwood
Typical rent $860
Compare with Tipton - Cicero
Typical rent $737
Compare with Tipton - Kokomo
Typical rent $939
Compare with Tipton - Sheridan
Typical rent $726
Compare with Tipton - Greentown
Typical rent $850
Compare with Tipton - Frankton
Typical rent $1,186
- Russiaville
Typical rent $931
Compare with Tipton
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.