Orange County, Indiana Eviction Risk: Very Low

Orange County, Indiana eviction laws earns a county-average eviction-risk score of 3.1/10, placing it in the Low tier across its 5 tracked cities. According to the rank data, 50 Indiana counties carry higher risk and 41 sit in friendlier territory, positioning Orange County squarely in the middle third of the state. For a landlord or investor, that translates to a market where tenant-payment pressure and regulatory friction are moderate but not severe, with average rent at $822 per month and an average rent burden of 29.4% of income.

The intra-county spread runs from a low of 2.6/10 to a high of 3.1/10, a narrow band that signals fairly consistent operating conditions across Indiana's Orange County communities. With roughly 37.9% of residents renting and a total tracked population of around 7,827, this is a small-scale rental market where individual property decisions carry proportionally more weight than in a large metro.

The cities inside Orange County

Three cities share the county's ceiling score: Paoli (population 3,125, score 3.1/10), Orleans (population 2,235, score 3.1/10), and West Baden Springs (population 543, score 3.1/10). As the county seat and largest community, Paoli drives the most rental activity and carries the most concentrated exposure to the county's risk profile. Orleans, the second-largest city, follows at the same score level.

French Lick comes in just below at 3.0/10 (population 1,828), while the smallest community in the dataset, Prospect (population 96), posts the county's lowest risk score at 2.6/10. The gap between Prospect and the higher-scoring cities underscores how hyper-local risk can be even within a compact county: a landlord holding units in Paoli faces meaningfully different conditions than one operating in Prospect, despite the short distance between them.

State-level laws that apply here

Indiana state law, under Ind. Code § 32-31 (Landlord-Tenant Relations), governs every lease in Orange County. For nonpayment of rent, landlords must serve a 10-day notice to pay or vacate (IC 32-31-1-6). A material lease violation requires a 30-day cure notice (IC 32-31-1-8), and terminating a month-to-month tenancy also requires 30 days notice (IC 32-31-1-1). The Indiana eviction process, once notices are served, runs 21 to 45 days for uncontested cases and 45 to 100 days when contested.

Indiana eviction costs include a court filing fee of $150 to $200, a sheriff lockout fee of $50 to $200, and attorney fees typically ranging from $500 to $2,500 depending on case complexity. Indiana imposes no rent control and requires no just cause for non-renewal; state law preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so the rules are uniform statewide. Landlords should also familiarize themselves with Indiana security deposit limits and Indiana tenant protections, both of which are defined at the state level and apply uniformly in Orange County.

With an average poverty rate of 17.1% across Orange County's tracked cities, landlords should factor tenant financial stability into screening and lease terms; the city-by-city grid above breaks down where that pressure is most concentrated within the county.