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Cost of living in Winona Lake, Indiana

Winona Lake, Indiana has about 5,080 people. Typical rent is $1,132 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $82,188 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 #30 in Indiana on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,132 a month.

Winona Lake is a town in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $82,188 a year.

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People
5,080
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,132
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$82,188
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$274,500
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,162
Kosciusko County, IN

Winona Lake, Indiana has about 5,080 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $274,500.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Kosciusko County is $1,162 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Winona Lake. 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 Winona Lake'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 Winona Lake bill.

In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Winona Lake'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, 67 have higher typical rent than Winona Lake.

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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.