Vermillion County, Indiana Eviction Risk: Low

Vermillion County, Indiana eviction laws earns an average eviction-risk score of 3.6/10 (Low) across its 12 cities, placing it at rank 63 of 92 Indiana counties, where rank 1 is the highest risk. That means 62 counties in the state carry more landlord exposure than Vermillion County, and only 29 are considered lower risk, putting this county firmly in the lower-risk third of Indiana eviction laws. For landlords and investors, that translates to a market where eviction pressure, tenant-turnover costs, and legal friction are generally below the state average, though no county should be treated as uniformly trouble-free.

The intra-county spread runs from 2.4 to 3.4 out of 10, a one-full-point gap that matters in practice. With an average rent of $753 per month and a renter share of 33.5%, the county is a predominantly owner-occupied market with a modest but real rental base. An average rent burden of 28.9% of income is below the threshold most housing economists flag as stressed, which helps explain the relatively low eviction-risk readings countywide.

The cities inside Vermillion County

Risk is genuinely hyper-local here. At the top of the risk range, Perrysville and Universal both score 3.2/10, and Newport reaches 3.1/10. Perrysville has a population of 607, making it a small market where a handful of problem tenancies can skew a landlord's experience significantly. Clinton, the county seat and largest city at 4,794 residents, scores 4/10, which is moderate within the county context but still comfortably below the Indiana average for urban centers.

On the lower-risk end, St. Bernice and Blanford both score 3.1/10, and Cayuga comes in at 3.3/10 with a population of 1,064. Fairview Park, the second-largest city in the county at 1,470 residents, scores 3.2/10. The range across these communities underscores that a blanket county-level read can hide meaningful neighborhood-to-neighborhood differences that should inform individual acquisition decisions.

State-level laws that apply here

All landlords in Vermillion County operate under Ind. Code § 32-31 (Landlord-Tenant Relations). On notices: a nonpayment of rent situation requires a 10-day notice under IC 32-31-1-6, while a material lease violation or the end of a month-to-month tenancy each require a 30-day notice under IC 32-31-1-8 and IC 32-31-1-1, respectively. Indiana does not require just cause for non-renewal, and state law preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so landlords here face no additional municipal rent caps beyond what the state permits. Reviewing the full Indiana eviction process details is worthwhile, particularly the timeline: an uncontested case typically resolves in 21 to 45 days, while a contested case can run 45 to 100 days.

On Indiana eviction costs, landlords should budget court filing fees of $150 to $200, sheriff lockout fees of $50 to $200, and attorney fees ranging from $500 to $2,500 depending on complexity. Those components can stack to $2,900 in a fully contested, attorney-handled matter. Indiana security deposit limits and the rules around deductions are also governed by § 32-31, and tenants retain habitability protections under § 32-31-8, so landlords should keep units in compliant condition to avoid counterclaims.

With a poverty rate averaging 17.9% across the county, some pockets carry real income fragility that shows up in individual city scores; the city grid above breaks down exactly where that concentration sits, letting investors target the sub-markets that match their risk tolerance.