What is the 2026 poverty guideline for four people in Indiana?

The 2026 HHS poverty guideline for a household of four in Indiana is $33,000.

Indiana

A household of four is measured against a 2026 poverty guideline of $33,000. Indiana has adopted Medicaid expansion, so the adult income screen is 138 percent of poverty. The 2024 all-items state price parity is 93.3.

Sales tax: 7.0%
Wage income tax: Yes
Property tax: 0.74%

Benefit pages

Each program has its own page for Indiana. The label is the illustrative household of four at $48,000.

SNAP eligibility · unlikely
Medicaid and CHIP eligibility · maybe
WIC eligibility · likely
School meals eligibility · likely
LIHEAP eligibility · maybe
Earned Income Tax Credit eligibility · likely
Child Tax Credit eligibility · likely
Marketplace subsidies eligibility · likely
Lifeline eligibility · unlikely
SSI eligibility · unlikely
State programs eligibility · maybe

Counties

Adams County · 2-bed $1,014
Allen County · 2-bed $1,248
Bartholomew County · 2-bed $1,493
Benton County · 2-bed $1,273
Blackford County · 2-bed $1,014
Boone County · 2-bed $1,536
Brown County · 2-bed $1,536
Carroll County · 2-bed $1,027
Cass County · 2-bed $1,014
Clark County · 2-bed $1,276
Clay County · 2-bed $1,164
Clinton County · 2-bed $1,063
Daviess County · 2-bed $1,090
DeKalb County · 2-bed $1,023
Dearborn County · 2-bed $1,442
Decatur County · 2-bed $1,112
Delaware County · 2-bed $1,145
Dubois County · 2-bed $1,014
Elkhart County · 2-bed $1,253
Fayette County · 2-bed $1,014
Floyd County · 2-bed $1,276
Fountain County · 2-bed $1,014
Franklin County · 2-bed $1,148
Fulton County · 2-bed $1,034
Gibson County · 2-bed $1,083
Grant County · 2-bed $1,014
Greene County · 2-bed $1,014
Hamilton County · 2-bed $1,536
Hancock County · 2-bed $1,536
Harrison County · 2-bed $1,276
Hendricks County · 2-bed $1,536
Henry County · 2-bed $1,014
Howard County · 2-bed $1,179
Huntington County · 2-bed $1,014
Jackson County · 2-bed $1,142
Jasper County · 2-bed $1,349
Jay County · 2-bed $1,014
Jefferson County · 2-bed $1,041
Jennings County · 2-bed $1,040
Johnson County · 2-bed $1,536
Knox County · 2-bed $1,014
Kosciusko County · 2-bed $1,162
LaGrange County · 2-bed $1,039
LaPorte County · 2-bed $1,245
Lake County · 2-bed $1,429
Lawrence County · 2-bed $1,026
Madison County · 2-bed $1,331
Marion County · 2-bed $1,536
Marshall County · 2-bed $1,088
Martin County · 2-bed $1,014
Miami County · 2-bed $1,014
Monroe County · 2-bed $1,252
Montgomery County · 2-bed $1,046
Morgan County · 2-bed $1,536
Newton County · 2-bed $1,429
Noble County · 2-bed $1,023
Ohio County · 2-bed $1,442
Orange County · 2-bed $1,014
Owen County · 2-bed $1,014
Parke County · 2-bed $1,014
Perry County · 2-bed $1,014
Pike County · 2-bed $1,014
Porter County · 2-bed $1,429
Posey County · 2-bed $1,127
Pulaski County · 2-bed $1,014
Putnam County · 2-bed $1,056
Randolph County · 2-bed $1,014
Ripley County · 2-bed $1,053
Rush County · 2-bed $1,014
Scott County · 2-bed $1,047
Shelby County · 2-bed $1,536
Spencer County · 2-bed $1,014
St. Joseph County · 2-bed $1,276
Starke County · 2-bed $1,014
Steuben County · 2-bed $1,102
Sullivan County · 2-bed $1,067
Switzerland County · 2-bed $1,029
Tippecanoe County · 2-bed $1,273
Tipton County · 2-bed $1,239
Union County · 2-bed $1,014
Vanderburgh County · 2-bed $1,127
Vermillion County · 2-bed $1,164
Vigo County · 2-bed $1,164
Wabash County · 2-bed $1,014
Warren County · 2-bed $1,014
Warrick County · 2-bed $1,127
Washington County · 2-bed $1,014
Wayne County · 2-bed $1,014
Wells County · 2-bed $1,102
White County · 2-bed $1,134
Whitley County · 2-bed $1,248

Towns

336 places in Indiana have a cost page and a benefits page.

Metros in this ranking

Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN