Housing in Brown

A typical Brown home is worth roughly $152,000

Typical home value

$152K

IN $260K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,060

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$611

IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Brown?

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

Your money goes further42% below the Indiana typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.7 years of income

About the same as across Indiana. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$171,000

Typical Brown home $152K

That covers a typical Brown home, with $20K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$850

Loan $750Tax $50Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $210 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Guthrie$217K Carr$96K Jefferson$106K Vernon$192K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brown’s typical property tax (0.40% 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 $1,060

Renters already here pay a median of $816, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800

1 bedroom$810

2 bedrooms$1,060

3 bedrooms$1,270

4 bedrooms$1,410

20%

of households rent · IN 29%

renter households

37%

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

31%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$816

median rent paid today · Census

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

80% of Brown households own their home

Half of Brown’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters

Own 80%Rent 20%

Indiana: 71% own.

1983

typical home built · IN 1976

$611

median property tax bill · IN $1,614

0.40%

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

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

Next door

Brown vs. its neighbors

Brown is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Guthrie$217K Vernon$192K Brown$152K Jefferson$106K Carr$96K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Brown	$152K*	—	$1,060	$41,132
Guthrie	$217K*	+1.3%†	$990	$60,144
Carr	$96K*	—	$1,000	$68,438
Jefferson	$106K*	—	$1,010	$71,607
Bono	—	+4.6%†	$960	$61,964
Northeast	—	−12.7%†	$970	$85,179
Vernon	$192K*	—	$1,020	$78,229

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.