Housing in Boone

A typical Boone home is worth roughly $171,000

Typical home value

$171K

IN $260K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,070

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$792

IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Boone?

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

Your money goes further34% below the Indiana typical home.A town of owners97% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$224,000

Typical Boone home $171K

That covers a typical Boone home, with $53K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$960

Loan $850Tax $70Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $110 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Taylor$220K Harrison$248K Heth$172K Webster$329K

How Boone ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Boone’s typical property tax (0.46% 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

1 of Boone’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Boone’s homes were built before 1989.

History →

Owners and renters

Own 97%Rent 3%

Indiana: 71% own.

1989

typical home built · IN 1976

$792

median property tax bill · IN $1,614

0.46%

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

Historic houses in Boone

Kintner-Withers HouseListed 1980

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800

1 bedroom$880

2 bedrooms$1,070

3 bedrooms$1,390

4 bedrooms$1,590

of households rent · IN 29%

renter households

50%

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

24%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Boone vs. its neighbors

Boone is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Webster$329K Harrison$248K Taylor$220K Heth$172K Boone$171K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Boone	$171K*	—	$1,070	$54,375
Taylor	$220K*	+10.2%†	$1,070	$81,591
Harrison	$248K*	+4.8%†	$1,110	$66,722
Heth	$172K*	—	$1,090	$85,893
Webster	$329K*	+7%†	$1,090	$93,482

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.