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Housing in Bigger

A typical Bigger home is worth roughly $159,000

Typical home value
$159K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,030
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$656
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Bigger?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Bigger

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You could afford about
$301,000
Typical Bigger home $159K

That covers a typical Bigger home, with $142K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$890
Loan $790Tax $50Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $140 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bigger’s typical property tax (0.41% 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

62% of Bigger households own their home

Half of Bigger’s homes were built before 1995.

Owners and renters
Own 62%Rent 38%

Indiana: 71% own.

1995
typical home built · IN 1976
$656
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.41%
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 $1,030

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,030
3 bedrooms$1,370
4 bedrooms$1,640
38%
of households rent · IN 29%
66
renter households

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

Next door

Bigger vs. its neighbors

Bigger is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Bigger$159K*—$1,030—
Vernon$150K+6.9%$970$77,131
Campbell$184K*—$1,000$72,261
Shelby$155K*—$1,050$66,467

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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