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Housing in Bethlehem

A typical Bethlehem home is worth roughly $162,000

Typical home value
$162K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,115
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Bethlehem?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$321,000
Typical Bethlehem home $162K

That covers a typical Bethlehem home, with $159K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$940
Loan $800Tax $90Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $50 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bethlehem’s typical property tax (0.69% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

93% of Bethlehem households own their home

Half of Bethlehem’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Indiana: 71% own.

1938
typical home built · IN 1976
$1,115
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.69%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,310
4 bedrooms$1,330
7%
of households rent · IN 29%
18
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Carroll 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.

Next door

Bethlehem vs. its neighbors

Bethlehem is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Bethlehem$162K*—$990$79,792
Adams$217K*—$1,000$51,385
Harrison$94K*—$990$66,953
Clay$210K*+4.3%†$970$64,309
Liberty$122K*+7.1%†$1,010$53,750
Wayne$230K*—$960$76,029

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.

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