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Housing in Fairplay

A typical Fairplay home is worth roughly $168,000

Typical home value
$168K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$551
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Fairplay?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$313,000
Typical Fairplay home $168K

That covers a typical Fairplay home, with $145K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$930
Loan $830Tax $50Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $50 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fairplay’s typical property tax (0.33% 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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $681, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,370
38%
of households rent · IN 29%
15
renter households
$681
median rent paid today · Census

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

63% of Fairplay households own their home

Half of Fairplay’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 63%Rent 38%

Indiana: 71% own.

1976
typical home built · IN 1976
$551
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.33%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%
5%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Fairplay vs. its neighbors

Fairplay is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Fairplay$168K*—$980$73,750
Richland$151K*+0.6%†$1,010$68,475
Washington$83K*—$1,010$54,038
Jefferson$121K*—$960$64,250
Grant$206K*—$980$47,953
Highland$158K*+0.7%†$1,010$76,488

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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