Cost of living in Lake County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,429 a month.
That HUD number covers Lake County, Indiana, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,117
- 1 bed
- $1,176
- 2 bed
- $1,429
- 3 bed
- $1,739
- 4 bed
- $1,898
This county is in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 103.6 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Hammond · 76,768 people
- Gary · 68,113 people
- Merrillville · 36,476 people
- Crown Point · 34,393 people
- Schererville · 29,701 people
- Hobart · 29,558 people
- East Chicago · 26,022 people
- Munster · 23,733 people
- Highland · 23,680 people
- St. John · 22,567 people
- Dyer · 16,400 people
- Griffith · 16,273 people
- Cedar Lake · 15,295 people
- Lake Station · 13,185 people
- Lowell · 11,073 people
- Winfield · 7,816 people
- Lakes of the Four Seasons · 7,402 people
- Ross · 6,751 people
- Whiting · 4,532 people
- New Chicago · 2,225 people
- Lake Dalecarlia · 1,169 people