Cost of living in Porter County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,429 a month.
That HUD number covers Porter 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
- Portage · 38,082 people
- Valparaiso · 34,733 people
- Chesterton · 14,446 people
- South Haven · 7,241 people
- Porter · 5,217 people
- Hebron · 3,976 people
- Shorewood Forest · 3,263 people
- Kouts · 2,372 people
- Burns Harbor · 2,155 people
- Salt Creek Commons · 1,843 people
- Aberdeen · 1,490 people
- Ogden Dunes · 1,140 people