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Housing in Elmore

A typical Elmore home is worth roughly $128,000

Typical home value
$128K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$671
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Elmore?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$312,000
Typical Elmore home $128K

That covers a typical Elmore home, with $184K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$730
Loan $640Tax $60Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $230 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Elmore’s typical property tax (0.52% 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 $625, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$730
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,270
22%
of households rent · IN 29%
45
renter households
76%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IN 48%
15%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$625
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Daviess County, IN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

78% of Elmore households own their home

Half of Elmore’s homes were built before 1961.

Owners and renters
Own 78%Rent 22%

Indiana: 71% own.

1961
typical home built · IN 1976
$671
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.52%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

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

Next door

Elmore vs. its neighbors

Elmore is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Elmore$128K*—$960$75,833
Vigo$74K*—$980$59,120
Madison$176K*—$960$66,970
Bogard$222K*—$980$76,696
Steele$174K*+0.9%†$1,000$63,826

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.

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