We used Saturday Night Science to analyze Indiana’s most recent Census data to determine the divorce rate for each city in Indiana based on the percentage of currently divorced residents.
The city with the highest divorce rate in Indiana is Alexandria, with 22.0% of people over 15 years of age being divorced, per the most recent census data. The city with the lowest divorce rate in Indiana is West Lafayette.
Indiana is 8.0% divorced overall. There are some 438,468 people living in Indiana over fifteen years of age who are divorced. You can compare that to the 28,339,199 Americans who are currently divorced.
Isn’t the divorce rate in America close to 50%? Yes indeed. But we’re measuring something else; we are looking at counts and percentages of people over 15 years old who are currently divorced. That 50% statistic is for the percentage of people who have ever been divorced.
So now that we have you biting your nails, rethinking your worldview, and pulling out your hair, let’s look at the places in Indiana with the highest rates of divorcees.
22.0% divorced · #1 highest divorce rate in Indiana
Alexandria is a city in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is about 46 miles northeast of Indianapolis. According to the 2010 census, its population was 5,145, a decrease of 17.8% from 6,260 in 2000.
Data | Movers
20.0% divorced · #2 highest divorce rate in Indiana
Located in
Tipton County, Indiana
Elwood is a city in Madison and Tipton counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The Madison County portion, which includes most of the city, is part of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the small portion in Tipton County is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,614 at the 2010 census.
Data | Crime | Cost of living | Movers
19.0% divorced · #3 highest divorce rate in Indiana
Located in
Scott County, Indiana
Scottsburg is a city in Vienna Township, Scott County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, about 30 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky. The population was 6,747 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Scott County.
Data | Crime | Cost of living | Movers
17.0% divorced · #4 highest divorce rate in Indiana
Located in
Fayette County, Indiana
Connersville is a city in Fayette County, east central Indiana, United States, 66 miles east by southeast of Indianapolis. The population was 13,481 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of and the largest and only incorporated town in Fayette County. It is home to the county’s one and only high school. The economy is supported by local manufacturing, retail and healthcare.
Data | Crime | Cost of living | Movers
17.0% divorced · #4 highest divorce rate in Indiana
Linton is a city in Stockton Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,413 at the 2010 census. A coal mining city, it is located southeast of Terre Haute. The current mayor is Scott Anthony Smithhart.
Data | Crime | Cost of living | Movers
16.0% divorced · #6 highest divorce rate in Indiana
Located in
Fulton County, Indiana
Rochester is a city in, and the county seat of, Fulton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 6,218 at the 2010 census.
Data | Crime | Cost of living | Movers
16.0% divorced · #6 highest divorce rate in Indiana
Located in
Rush County, Indiana
Rushville is a city in Rushville Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,341 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Rush County. It was the campaign headquarters for Wendell Willkie’s 1940 presidential campaign against Franklin D. Roosevelt. Willkie is buried in the city’s East Hill Cemetery. It, like the county, was named in honor of Dr. Benjamin Rush, who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Data | Crime | Cost of living | Movers
15.0% divorced · #8 highest divorce rate in Indiana
Located in
Jefferson County, Indiana
Madison is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. Its estimated population was 12,247 as of 2016. Over 55,000 people live within 15 miles of downtown Madison. Madison is the largest city along the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio. Madison is one of the core cities of the Louisville-Elizabethtown-Madison metroplex, an area with a population of approximately 1.5 million. In 2006, the majority of Madison’s downtown area was designated the largest contiguous National Historic Landmark in the United States-133 blocks of the downtown area is known as the Madison Historic Landmark District.
Data | Crime | Cost of living | Movers
15.0% divorced · #8 highest divorce rate in Indiana
Located in
Gibson County, Indiana
Princeton is a city in Patoka Township, Gibson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 8,644 at the 2010 census, and it is part of the greater Evansville, Indiana, Metropolitan Area. The city is the county seat of and the largest city in Gibson County.
Data | Crime | Cost of living | Movers
14.0% divorced · #13 highest divorce rate in Indiana
Located in
Shelby County, Indiana
Shelbyville is a city in Addison Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana and is the county seat. The population was 19,191 as of the 2010 census.
Data | Crime | Cost of living | Movers
The receipts
Compare the top ten
Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Indiana’s statewide median.
Indiana statewide median: $71,957
On the map
Where Indiana’s highest divorce rates are
Saturday Night Science
How We Determined The Places In Indiana That Get Un-Hitched The Most
We used Saturday Night Science to look at the U.S. Census Bureau on divorce rates. Because who likes tracking misery more than the U.S. government?
Specifically, we looked at the 2020-2024 American Community Survey table S1201 — Marital Status. Pretty straightforward on that front — we just had to extract the following column of data:
Today, the analysis focuses on the 125 places in Indiana with a population of over 5,000.
- Population 15 Years and Over -> Divorced
We ranked each place by the percentage of divorcees over 15 years of age from highest to lowest. We crowned the divorce capital of Indiana the place with the highest incidence of divorcees, Alexandria.
And if you’re trying to avoid divorce, check out West Lafayette, the city with the lowest divorce rate in Indiana. We updated this article for 2026 and this list is our eleventh time ranking the cities in Indiana with the highest divorce rates.
The full plate
Cities With The Highest Divorce Rates In Indiana
Click any column to sort. Search by city name.
| Rank | City | Population | Divorcees | Divorce Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandria | 5,155 | 907 | 22.0% |
| 2 | Elwood | 8,356 | 1,337 | 20.0% |
| 3 | Scottsburg | 7,362 | 1,119 | 19.0% |
| 4 | Connersville | 13,109 | 1,783 | 17.0% |
| 4 | Linton | 5,260 | 715 | 17.0% |
| 6 | Rochester | 6,215 | 796 | 16.0% |
| 6 | Rushville | 6,036 | 773 | 16.0% |
| 8 | Madison | 12,223 | 1,467 | 15.0% |
| 8 | Princeton | 8,372 | 1,005 | 15.0% |
| 13 | Shelbyville | 20,296 | 2,273 | 14.0% |
| 13 | Winchester | 5,284 | 592 | 14.0% |
| 13 | Martinsville | 11,933 | 1,336 | 14.0% |
| 13 | Marion | 27,531 | 3,083 | 14.0% |
| 13 | Decatur | 9,811 | 1,099 | 14.0% |
| 13 | Anderson | 55,367 | 6,201 | 14.0% |
| 13 | Peru | 10,901 | 1,221 | 14.0% |
| 22 | Tell City | 7,505 | 781 | 13.0% |
| 22 | Bluffton | 10,529 | 1,095 | 13.0% |
| 22 | Westville | 5,279 | 549 | 13.0% |
| 22 | Boonville | 6,702 | 697 | 13.0% |
| 22 | Portland | 6,416 | 667 | 13.0% |
| 22 | Mount Vernon | 6,400 | 666 | 13.0% |
| 22 | Beech Grove | 14,913 | 1,551 | 13.0% |
| 22 | Washington | 12,367 | 1,286 | 13.0% |
| 22 | Brazil | 7,831 | 814 | 13.0% |
| 22 | New Castle | 17,367 | 1,806 | 13.0% |
| 22 | Bedford | 13,837 | 1,439 | 13.0% |
| 31 | Wabash | 10,358 | 994 | 12.0% |
| 31 | Rensselaer | 5,573 | 535 | 12.0% |
| 31 | Kokomo | 59,122 | 5,676 | 12.0% |
| 31 | New Haven | 15,698 | 1,507 | 12.0% |
| 31 | Salem | 6,489 | 623 | 12.0% |
| 31 | Richmond | 35,581 | 3,416 | 12.0% |
| 31 | Lebanon | 17,812 | 1,710 | 12.0% |
| 40 | Jasper | 15,991 | 1,407 | 11.0% |
| 40 | Evansville | 116,116 | 10,218 | 11.0% |
| 40 | Charlestown | 8,294 | 730 | 11.0% |
| 40 | Michigan City | 31,814 | 2,800 | 11.0% |
| 40 | Mooresville | 9,751 | 858 | 11.0% |
| 40 | North Vernon | 7,078 | 623 | 11.0% |
| 40 | La Porte | 22,449 | 1,976 | 11.0% |
| 40 | Hartford City | 5,794 | 510 | 11.0% |
| 40 | Auburn | 13,565 | 1,194 | 11.0% |
| 40 | Monticello | 5,496 | 484 | 11.0% |
| 40 | Vincennes | 16,586 | 1,460 | 11.0% |
| 40 | Pendleton | 5,321 | 468 | 11.0% |
| 51 | Greensburg | 12,229 | 978 | 10.0% |
| 51 | Columbia City | 9,897 | 792 | 10.0% |
| 51 | Terre Haute | 58,427 | 4,674 | 10.0% |
| 51 | Logansport | 17,790 | 1,423 | 10.0% |
| 51 | Muncie | 64,751 | 5,180 | 10.0% |
| 51 | Cicero | 5,509 | 441 | 10.0% |
| 51 | Lafayette | 71,159 | 5,693 | 10.0% |
| 51 | Seymour | 22,371 | 1,790 | 10.0% |
| 51 | Huntington | 17,030 | 1,362 | 10.0% |
| 51 | Gas City | 6,076 | 486 | 10.0% |
| 60 | Franklin | 26,168 | 1,884 | 9.0% |
| 60 | Huntingburg | 6,396 | 461 | 9.0% |
| 60 | Tipton | 5,280 | 380 | 9.0% |
| 60 | Kendallville | 10,556 | 760 | 9.0% |
| 60 | Greenfield | 24,940 | 1,796 | 9.0% |
| 60 | Elkhart | 53,733 | 3,869 | 9.0% |
| 60 | Mishawaka | 51,021 | 3,674 | 9.0% |
| 60 | Warsaw | 16,768 | 1,207 | 9.0% |
| 73 | Gary | 68,113 | 4,359 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Speedway | 13,968 | 894 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Nappanee | 6,815 | 436 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Frankfort | 15,917 | 1,019 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Highland | 23,680 | 1,516 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Merrillville | 36,476 | 2,334 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Yor | 11,699 | 749 | 8.0% |
| 73 | New Albany | 37,581 | 2,405 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Chesterton | 14,446 | 925 | 8.0% |
| 73 | South Bend | 103,085 | 6,597 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Crawfordsville | 16,491 | 1,055 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Plymouth | 10,664 | 682 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Columbus | 51,824 | 3,317 | 8.0% |
| 73 | New Whiteland | 5,704 | 365 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Lake Station | 13,185 | 844 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Greenwood | 66,029 | 4,226 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Cumberland | 6,267 | 401 | 8.0% |
| 73 | Garrett | 6,642 | 425 | 8.0% |
| 90 | Jeffersonville | 51,043 | 2,858 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Portage | 38,082 | 2,133 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Fort Wayne | 268,589 | 15,041 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Porter | 5,217 | 292 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Plainfield | 36,369 | 2,037 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Bargersville | 10,752 | 602 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Whiteland | 5,173 | 290 | 7.0% |
| 90 | McCordsville | 10,329 | 578 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Ellettsville | 6,698 | 375 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Brownsburg | 31,215 | 1,748 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Lawrence | 49,517 | 2,773 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Indianapolis | 885,860 | 49,608 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Avon | 23,437 | 1,312 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Danville | 11,714 | 656 | 7.0% |
| 90 | Valparaiso | 34,733 | 1,945 | 7.0% |
| 102 | Clarksville | 22,016 | 1,057 | 6.0% |
| 102 | Hobart | 29,558 | 1,419 | 6.0% |
| 102 | Dyer | 16,400 | 787 | 6.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 125 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
Getting Some Closure In Indiana After Untying The Knot
We now have a sense of what places in the Hoosier State don’t pay much attention to the whole “’til death do we part” phrase.
The cities with the highest divorce rate in Indiana are Alexandria, Elwood, Scottsburg, Connersville, Linton, Rochester, Rushville, Madison, Princeton, and Shelbyville.
Try to keep in mind that the reason cities rank where they do in Indiana could be because of the age, education, and income distribution, as all of those things impact the rate of divorce. Not sold on Indiana? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Divorce In Indiana FAQs
What city in Indiana has the highest divorce rate?
Alexandria has the highest divorce rate in Indiana for 2026, with 22.0% of residents over 15 currently divorced. Elwood and Scottsburg are next.
What is the divorce rate in Indiana?
Indiana is 8.0% divorced overall, versus a US divorce rate of 10.9%. That counts residents over 15 who are currently divorced, per the Census American Community Survey.
What are the divorce capitals of Indiana?
The Indiana cities with the highest divorce rates are Alexandria, Elwood, Scottsburg, Connersville, Linton, Rochester, Rushville, Madison, Princeton, and Shelbyville. We ranked all 125 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Where do marriages last in Indiana?
West Lafayette posts the lowest divorce rate of the 125 Indiana cities we ranked. Whatever they are doing there, it appears to be working.
How do you measure divorce rates?
We use the share of residents aged 15 and over who report being currently divorced in the Census American Community Survey. It is a snapshot of marital status today, not a count of divorces filed each year.
