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Housing in Harbison

A typical Harbison home is worth roughly $249,000

Typical home value
$249K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$957
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Harbison?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

96% of Harbison households own their home

Half of Harbison’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters
Own 96%Rent 4%

Indiana: 71% own.

1989
typical home built · IN 1976
$957
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.38%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$474,000
Typical Harbison home $249K

That covers a typical Harbison home, with $225K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,390
Loan $1,230Tax $80Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $410 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Harbison’s typical property tax (0.38% 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

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,330
4 bedrooms$1,580
4%
of households rent · IN 29%
10%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Next door

Harbison vs. its neighbors

Harbison is the 2nd priciest of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Harbison$249K*—$980$113,125
Rutherford$230K*—$960$80,000
Marion$182K*+9.6%†$960$79,667
Reeve$247K*—$1,090$61,224
Bainbridge$233K*+9.9%†$960$68,918
Boone$259K*+9.5%†$980$76,172
Columbia$212K*—$990$72,411

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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