Winfield, Indiana

Population

Growing. Up 26.3% since 2020.

9,140

people, the 91st-largest of Indiana's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Indiana's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

91.6%

of 1,424 jobs located in Winfield are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 16% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,523

a month. Indiana's median is $1,062.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $1,460 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Lake County.

• $448 Tract 425.03
• $1,908 Tract 425.09

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$712–$1,068

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,523 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

31% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 1,210 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 2% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 31% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.1–0.5% to the 2,730 homes here.

2–14

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 88% more than Indiana's.

$409,500

median home value in Winfield.

• $409,500 Winfield
• $218,200 Indiana
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year