City profile · Town
Valparaiso, Indiana
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Valparaiso, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Jon Costas
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 27,428
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourceci.valparaiso.in.us/185/Mayor ↗
- Official leadership pageci.valparaiso.in.us/185/Mayor ↗
- City websiteci.valparaiso.in.us ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Jon Costas CurrentMayor · added Aug 1, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
- Matt Murphy FormerMayor · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 27,428
- Median household income
- $59,943
- Median age
- 36.8
- Land area
- 17.14 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,600.2 per sq mi
- County
- Porter County
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$96M
- City hall phone
- (219) 462-1161
- Official website
- ci.valparaiso.in.us ↗
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