Housing in Driftwood

A typical Driftwood home is worth roughly $179,000

Typical home value

$179K

IN $260K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,000

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,103

IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Driftwood?

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

Your money goes further31% below the Indiana typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$397,000

Typical Driftwood home $179K

That covers a typical Driftwood home, with $218K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,030

Loan $890Tax $90Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $30 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Carr$96K Brownstown$251K Monroe$188K Jefferson$106K Grassy Fork$276K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Driftwood’s typical property tax (0.62% 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 $1,000

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750

1 bedroom$760

2 bedrooms$1,000

3 bedrooms$1,230

4 bedrooms$1,320

18%

of households rent · IN 29%

renter households

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

12%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

82% of Driftwood households own their home

Half of Driftwood’s homes were built before 1986.

Owners and renters

Own 82%Rent 18%

Indiana: 71% own.

1986

typical home built · IN 1976

$1,103

median property tax bill · IN $1,614

0.62%

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

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

Next door

Driftwood vs. its neighbors

Driftwood is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Grassy Fork$276K Brownstown$251K Monroe$188K Driftwood$179K Jefferson$106K Carr$96K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Driftwood	$179K*	—	$1,000	$97,667
Carr	$96K*	—	$1,000	$68,438
Brownstown	$251K	+2.6%	$990	$72,256
Monroe	$188K*	+3.3%†	$1,010	$49,615
Jefferson	$106K*	—	$1,010	$71,607
Grassy Fork	$276K*	—	$1,010	$58,036

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.