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Housing in Brandywine

A typical Brandywine home is worth roughly $346,000

Home prices around Brandywine have risen about 57% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$346K
▲ 7.7% in a year · IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,340
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,648
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Brandywine?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 57% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Brandywine rose 57% over the past 5 years, faster than across Indiana (53%). Last year prices rose 7.7%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Brandywine home at roughly $346,000 today.

Brandywine areaIndiana
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+7.7%
past year
+57%
past 5 years
+101%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $346K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Brandywine, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

The homes

96% of Brandywine households own their home

Half of Brandywine’s homes were built before 1991.

Owners and renters
Own 96%Rent 4%

Indiana: 71% own.

1991
typical home built · IN 1976
$1,648
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.57%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$518,000
Typical Brandywine home $346K

That covers a typical Brandywine home, with $172K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,980
Loan $1,720Tax $160Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,340 a month here, $640 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brandywine’s typical property tax (0.57% 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 $1,340

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,020
1 bedroom$1,150
2 bedrooms$1,340
3 bedrooms$1,730
4 bedrooms$2,120
4%
of households rent · IN 29%
40
renter households
100%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IN 48%
13%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Brandywine vs. its neighbors

Brandywine is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Brandywine$346K*+7.7%†$1,340$127,171
Center$224K*+7.7%†$1,370$78,859
Blue River$333K*+7.1%†$1,340$104,293
Van Buren$328K*+6.6%†$1,220$96,023
Sugar Creek$338K*+3.5%†$1,380$100,714

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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