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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Indiana ranks among states with lowest household income growth

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🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:06.7

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0:13.1

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0:15.1

Indiana facing some income challenges, especially in downtown Indianapolis.

0:22.5

So it goes hand in hand, population, economy, and downtown Indianapolis, the goal is to grow by 20,000 residents over the next decade.

0:31.3

But the median household income in Indiana increased only 14% from 1970 to 2023.

0:38.3

That has been adjusted for inflation, by the way, which is well below the national average.

0:44.3

We now rank fourth lowest in the country for income.

0:48.3

For income growth.

0:49.3

Congratulations.

0:51.3

The medium income rank, it dropped.

0:54.5

It used to be, we used to be at 16th place in 1970.

0:58.1

We're at 37 today.

1:01.0

And it's, look, 16th is nothing to brag about.

1:03.8

But we can't even keep that.

1:05.1

And now we are what we're at.

1:06.2

Look, we've talked about this on this show for a long time.

1:09.4

We see these local politicians that talk about

1:11.5

creating economic development and we're going to bring jobs here and all of this growth. Yet

1:17.3

none of it has translated into wage growth for average everyday Hoosiers. It's what we've been

1:24.7

talking about forever. And this report from Axios just played that out

1:28.8

perfectly and proved it out. So you've got a lagging income growth and that's going to make it

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