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Marion County · Indiana

ZIP code 46228

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 46228 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
16,324

ZCTA residents

Median income
$95,574

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$241,400

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
7%

Indiana state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 46228 sits in Marion County, Indiana and is home to 16,324 people. Median household income is $95,574, the median home is worth $241,400 and median gross rent is $1,234. 84.8% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 7% (Indiana state rate).

County
Marion County

FIPS 18097

State
Indiana (IN)

807 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 46228

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
16,324ZIP 46228 residents
Median household income
$95,574Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$241,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,234Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
38.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
84.8%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 46228 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 46228 is a mid-size town in Marion County, Indiana, with 16,324 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #159 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 38.4 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 ZIP 46228 earn a median of $95,574 a year, 21.7% above the national figure of $78,538. 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 8.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 46228 is valued at $241,400, 20.4% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,234 a month, 12.2% below the national figure, or roughly $14,808 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 84.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.

Reading ZIP 46228 in context

How 46228 sits inside Marion County and Indiana.

ZIP 46228 is tabulated inside Marion County, Indiana, one of 36 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 807 across Indiana. This is a mid-sized suburban ZIP inside a county that is split across many delivery areas. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 46228 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 46228 reports a median household income of $95,574, 59% above the $59,973 county median, and 39% above the $68,990 typical IN ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $241,400, 16% above the county figure and 44% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,234 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Indiana charges 7% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 46228.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 46228 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 46228

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
7%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$7Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$70Before any exemptions

Indiana levies 7% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
15%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
2.5×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,253/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
8.9%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 46228 compares

ZIP 46228 against the median ZIP in Marion County and across Indiana.

MeasureZIP 46228County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$95,574$59,973$68,990+39%
Median home value$241,400$207,250$168,100+44%
Median gross rent$1,234$1,114$895+38%
Population16,32427,2702,793+484%

Medians are computed across the 36 ZIP areas in Marion County and the 807 ZIP areas in Indiana.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 807 Indiana ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 89% of 734 state ZIPs

#80
Home value

above 84% of 733 state ZIPs

#120
Population

larger than 80% of 807 state ZIPs

#159

Comparable ZIP codes

Indiana ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
46565LaGrange County$95,578$318,800$806
46730DeKalb County$95,625$279,200—
47579Spencer County$95,313$249,100$1,100
46382LaPorte County$95,278$190,900—
46371LaPorte County$95,154$245,500$1,694
46959Miami County$96,442—$459

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Marion County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Marion County, Indiana.

ZIP 46228 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 46228?
ZIP 46228 lies mostly in Marion County, Indiana. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 46228?
Indiana charges 7% statewide.
Is 46228 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,234 a month, about 15% of median household income, and the median home is worth $241,400 — +44% against the typical Indiana ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 46228, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.