Toilet Repair in Indiana

Weighted across 699,018 occupied homes. Separately, 72% of the state’s 775,966 housing units — a wider universe, because it includes vacant ones — were built before 1990, which is before the Energy Policy Act of 1992 set a 1.6 gallon flush maximum.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B25003 (tenure) and B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Flush volumes: US EPA WaterSense, tank-type toilet supporting statement.

A state average hides the thing that matters. Of the 154 towns we route in here, 71 are mostly pre-1990 housing and 12 are mostly post-1990 housing; on tenure, 87 are strongly owner-occupied and 2 are renter-heavy.

The two are close to independent of each other, so an old town is not reliably an owning town or a renting one. That is why every town page below carries its own pair of figures rather than inheriting these.

The fault list does not vary by state. A running tank is the flapper or the fill valve, and EPA publishes a ten-minute test that tells them apart. Water at the base is four different faults, one of which is condensation and not a leak at all. A fixture that rocks is the one that causes the seal failure you will meet later.

What varies by town is who fixes it. In a rented home the toilet is normally the landlord’s repair, and in the towns above that is a large share of households.

Checking a credential in Indiana

Indiana licenses are issued by the Indiana Plumbing Commission, Professional Licensing Agency, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

• Akron 81% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Albany 87% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Alexandria 76% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Anderson 65% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Andrews 89% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• Arlington 93% owner-occupied · 85% pre-1990
• Austin 75% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Berne 77% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Beverly Shores 98% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Bluffton 71% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Borden 76% owner-occupied · 47% pre-1990
• Brookville 75% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Cambridge City 80% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Carthage 68% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Cedar Grove 89% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Cedar Lake 82% owner-occupied · 48% pre-1990
• Centerville 80% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Charlestown 85% owner-occupied · 44% pre-1990
• Chesterton 76% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Clarksville 58% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Connersville 70% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Converse 87% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Corydon 81% owner-occupied · 47% pre-1990
• Craigville 84% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Crandall 75% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Crown Point 87% owner-occupied · 52% pre-1990
• Daleville 83% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Decatur 82% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• Deputy 86% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Dublin 72% owner-occupied · 97% pre-1990
• Dyer 90% owner-occupied · 44% pre-1990
• East Chicago 44% owner-occupied · 93% pre-1990
• Eaton 81% owner-occupied · 89% pre-1990
• Elizabeth 84% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• Elwood 71% owner-occupied · 89% pre-1990
• Fairmount 80% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Farmland 75% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Floyds Knobs 93% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• Fountain City 81% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Frankton 86% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Gary 49% owner-occupied · 92% pre-1990
• Gas City 74% owner-occupied · 90% pre-1990
• Gaston 77% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Geneva 83% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Georgetown 90% owner-occupied · 42% pre-1990
• Glenwood 91% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Greens Fork 87% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Greentown 87% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Greenville 98% owner-occupied · 40% pre-1990
• Griffith 73% owner-occupied · 88% pre-1990
• Hagerstown 87% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Hammond 62% owner-occupied · 94% pre-1990
• Hanover 74% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• Hardinsburg 88% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Hartford City 74% owner-occupied · 83% pre-1990
• Hebron 85% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Henryville 92% owner-occupied · 36% pre-1990
• Highland 77% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Hobart 75% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Huntington 74% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Ingalls 78% owner-occupied · 31% pre-1990
• Jeffersonville 72% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Jonesboro 81% owner-occupied · 92% pre-1990
• Kempton 92% owner-occupied · 89% pre-1990
• Kewanna 90% owner-occupied · 88% pre-1990
• Knightstown 76% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Kokomo 70% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Kouts 88% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• La Fontaine 83% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Laconia 90% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Lagro 86% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Lake Station 72% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Lanesville 93% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Lapel 73% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Laurel 78% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Lewisville 79% owner-occupied · 85% pre-1990
• Lexington 90% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Liberty 82% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Liberty Center 95% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Losantville 91% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Lowell 89% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Lynn 79% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Madison 66% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Manilla 74% owner-occupied · 83% pre-1990
• Marion 67% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Markle 86% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Markleville 87% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Marysville 86% owner-occupied · 41% pre-1990
• Matthews 71% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Memphis 91% owner-occupied · 41% pre-1990
• Merrillville 64% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Metamora 92% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Middletown 78% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• Milroy 86% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Milton 91% owner-occupied · 85% pre-1990
• Modoc 83% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Monroe 92% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Montpelier 73% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Mooreland 78% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Muncie 61% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Munster 86% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Nabb 88% owner-occupied · 39% pre-1990
• New Albany 62% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• New Castle 73% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• New Salisbury 88% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• New Washington 74% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• North Manchester 84% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Oldenburg 84% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Ossian 77% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Otisco 95% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Palmyra 79% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Parker City 79% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Pekin 88% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Pendleton 85% owner-occupied · 47% pre-1990
• Poneto 91% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Portage 73% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Ramsey 89% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Richmond 64% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Ridgeville 83% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Roann 75% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Roanoke 91% owner-occupied · 42% pre-1990
• Rochester 78% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Rushville 70% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• Russiaville 92% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Saint John 98% owner-occupied · 32% pre-1990
• Salem 79% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Schererville 82% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Scottsburg 68% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Sellersburg 86% owner-occupied · 39% pre-1990
• Selma 86% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Sharpsville 94% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• Shirley 91% owner-occupied · 83% pre-1990
• Spiceland 75% owner-occupied · 90% pre-1990
• Springport 93% owner-occupied · 85% pre-1990
• Straughn 87% owner-occupied · 68% pre-1990
• Summitville 83% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• Swayzee 92% owner-occupied · 83% pre-1990
• Sweetser 83% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• Tipton 76% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Underwood 89% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Union City 73% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Uniondale 96% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Upland 80% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Urbana 100% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Valparaiso 76% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Van Buren 81% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Wabash 78% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• Warren 74% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• West College Corner 83% owner-occupied · 91% pre-1990
• Whiting 64% owner-occupied · 97% pre-1990
• Williamsburg 86% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• Winchester 79% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Windfall 84% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Yorktown 93% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990