Randolph County, Indiana Eviction Risk: Very Low

Randolph County, Indiana eviction laws carries a county-wide average eviction-risk score of 2.4/10 (Very Low), placing it in the middle third of Indiana's 92 counties, ranked 34th statewide, meaning 33 counties present higher risk and 58 present lower risk for landlords. Across the county's 10 cities, individual scores range from 1.8 to 2.8, a spread wide enough to matter at the deal level. With a total measured population of roughly 13,595 and an average rent of $712, this is a low-cost rural market where renter demand is modest and operating margins depend heavily on minimizing vacancy and turnover costs.

A rent burden rate of 32.4% of income going toward housing signals that a meaningful share of tenants are financially stretched, which elevates late-payment risk even in a low-risk county. The renter share of households sits at 31.2%, a relatively thin pool that keeps competition among landlords limited but also constrains re-leasing speed after a vacancy. The overall picture is cautiously workable for landlords who price units carefully and screen tenants thoroughly.

The cities inside Randolph County

The highest-risk addresses in the county cluster around Farmland and Winchester. Farmland scores 2.3/10 with a population of 1,276, the ceiling for the county, while Winchester, the county seat and largest city at 5,284 residents, scores 3.7/10. Modoc comes in third at 2.6/10. These three communities carry above-average poverty exposure relative to the county norm and warrant the tightest tenant screening protocols.

At the other end of the range, Union City and Parker City both score 2.3/10, and Union City's population of 3,569 makes it the second-largest rental market in the county. Losantville (2.6/10) and Ridgeville and Saratoga (each at 2.3/10) fill the middle. The gap between the lowest and highest city scores in the county is a full point, which underscores how hyper-local risk conditions are, even across a compact rural county.

State-level laws that apply here

Indiana eviction process rules under Ind. Code § 32-31 (Landlord-Tenant Relations) give landlords a straightforward statutory framework. For nonpayment of rent, the required notice period is 10 days (IC 32-31-1-6). Lease-violation and month-to-month termination notices require 30 days (IC 32-31-1-8 and IC 32-31-1-1 respectively). An uncontested case typically resolves in 21 to 45 days; a contested matter can stretch to 45 to 100 days. Total out-of-pocket costs vary: court filing fees run $150 to $200, sheriff lockout fees add $50 to $200, and attorney fees, if you engage counsel, range from $500 to $2,500, so a fully litigated eviction can reach the high hundreds to several thousand dollars depending on how contested the case becomes.

Indiana security deposit limits and Indiana tenant protections apply uniformly across every county, including Randolph. Importantly, Indiana eviction laws does not require just cause to terminate a tenancy, and the state preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so landlords in Randolph County face no local rent caps or additional cause requirements beyond what state statute mandates.

With a poverty rate of 19.4% and roughly 31.2% of households renting, Randolph County's risk profile is shaped by economic fragility rather than tenant-law hostility, a distinction worth keeping in mind as you review the city-by-city grid above.