Evansville, IN
Evansville, IN Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Evansville, IN Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Evansville ranks 216th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 220th for income. A household earns $67,459 a year while median rent runs $1,007/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 8% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is commute (28th of 300), while household income is the soft spot (220th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 47th and home prices 67th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Evansville, your take-home is worth about $64,531 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 220th of 300↑21.4%$67,459
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 79th of 30092 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $73,703
- Per-capita income
- $41,486
- Full-time pay
- $42,398
Housing
- Median rent
- 47th of 300↑24.8%$1,007/mo
- Home value
- 67th of 300↑55.3%$228,800
- Property tax
- $1,616/yr · 0.7%
- Sales tax
- 7.00%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 151st of 3004.5%
- Bachelor's+
- 163rd of 30032.5%
- Avg commute
- 28th of 30020.5 min
People
- Population
- 271,793
- Population change
- -13.7%
- Median age
- 39.6 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 3.5%
- Broadband
- 91.6%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 153rd of 30046
- Natural-hazard loss
- 212th of 300$16/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 169th of 30019%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 7.8%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Commute
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — evansville rgnl ap.
What jobs pay in Evansville
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Pharmacists
- $143,650
- IT managers
- $140,260
- Financial managers
- $128,650
- Lawyers
- $107,050
- General & operations managers
- $102,580
- Web developers
- $99,720
- Software developers
- $98,560
- Civil engineers
- $87,900
- Registered nurses
- $83,820
- Electricians
- $79,240
- Accountants & auditors
- $77,440
- Plumbers
- $73,190
- Police officers
- $72,800
- Carpenters
- $64,690
- Secondary school teachers
- $59,850
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $55,570
- Construction laborers
- $53,220
- Elementary school teachers
- $49,120
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $49,070
- Customer service reps
- $39,410
- Janitors
- $35,920
- Retail salespersons
- $30,130
- Cashiers
- $28,870
- Waiters & waitresses
- $28,550
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Evansville metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Indiana are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Kentucky1,578
- Illinois1,190
- Florida825
- Texas404
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Evansville metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Evansville metro?
- Median gross rent across the Evansville, IN Metro Area is $1,007 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Evansville.
- What is the median household income in the Evansville metro?
- A typical household in the Evansville, IN Metro Area earns $67,459 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Evansville expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Evansville, IN Metro Area runs about 8% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Evansville metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $73,703 (versus its face value of $67,459). CityLedger rates the Evansville, IN Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Evansville metro?
- The median home value across the Evansville, IN Metro Area is $228,800 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Evansville metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Evansville, IN Metro Area is 4.5% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).