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Housing in Burlington

A typical Burlington home is worth roughly $146,000

Typical home value
$146K
IN $218K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$915
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Burlington?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

Less than across Indiana (3 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$308,000
Typical Burlington home $146K

That covers a typical Burlington home, with $161K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$840
Loan $720Tax $80Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $120 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Burlington’s typical property tax (0.63% 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 $960

Renters already here pay a median of $921.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$730
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,300
23%
of households rent · IN 29%
49
renter households
$921
median rent paid today · Census

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.

The homes

One of Burlington’s houses is on the National Register

Half of Burlington’s homes were built before 1964.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Indiana: 71% own.

1964
typical home built · IN 1976
$915
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.63%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Burlington

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

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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.

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