What is the population of Valparaiso city?

Valparaiso city has 34,377 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #29 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Valparaiso city?

Median household income in Valparaiso city is $67,664 a year, 13.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Valparaiso city?

Median gross rent is $1,142 a month and the median home value is $250,500, so rent absorbs about 20.3% of median household income.

Is Valparaiso city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Valparaiso city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Valparaiso, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Valparaiso, Indiana (Valparaiso, IN — Census place “Valparaiso city”) is 34,377 residents, ranking #29 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $67,664, the median home is worth $250,500 and median gross rent runs $1,142 a month. Looking for the Valparaiso Indiana ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Valparaiso, IN: 46383, 46385.

Population: 34,377Valparaiso city residents
Median household income: $67,664Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $250,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,142Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.6%Owner-occupied households

Valparaiso ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Valparaiso.

The Valparaiso IN ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Valparaiso city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Valparaiso city median would spend about 20.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14% of residents and 58.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Valparaiso city, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Valparaiso city is a small city in Indiana, with 34,377 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #29 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 37 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Valparaiso city earn a median of $67,664 a year, 13.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% above the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 14% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Valparaiso city is valued at $250,500, 17.4% below the national figure and 72% above the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,142 a month, 18.8% below the national figure, or roughly $13,704 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Valparaiso city?: Valparaiso city has 34,377 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #29 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Valparaiso city?: Median household income in Valparaiso city is $67,664 a year, 13.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Valparaiso city?: Median gross rent is $1,142 a month and the median home value is $250,500, so rent absorbs about 20.3% of median household income.
Is Valparaiso city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Valparaiso city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Valparaiso city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.