Housing in Beech Creek

A typical Beech Creek home is worth roughly $235,000

Typical home value

$235K

IN $260K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,020

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,544

IN $1,614

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

Less than across Indiana (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$310,000

Typical Beech Creek home $235K

That covers a typical Beech Creek home, with $75K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,360

Loan $1,170Tax $130Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $340 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Highland$158K Center$226K Van Buren$231K Clay$200K Solsberry$265K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Beech Creek’s typical property tax (0.66% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020

Renters already here pay a median of $782, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790

1 bedroom$830

2 bedrooms$1,020

3 bedrooms$1,300

4 bedrooms$1,520

14%

of households rent · IN 29%

renter households

49%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IN 48%

16%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$782

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Owen County, IN HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

86% of Beech Creek households own their home

Half of Beech Creek’s homes were built before 1991.

Owners and renters

Own 86%Rent 14%

Indiana: 71% own.

1991

typical home built · IN 1976

$1,544

median property tax bill · IN $1,614

0.66%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Beech Creek vs. its neighbors

Beech Creek is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Solsberry$265K Beech Creek$235K Van Buren$231K Center$226K Clay$200K Highland$158K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Beech Creek	$235K*	—	$1,020	$76,989
Highland	$158K*	+0.7%†	$1,010	$76,488
Center	$226K*	+1.5%†	$1,020	$75,250
Van Buren	$231K*	+0.9%†	$1,110	$74,397
Clay	$200K*	+6.4%†	$1,110	$85,602
Solsberry	$265K	+4.5%	—	$230,724

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.