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Typical home value
$119K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$465
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Harrison?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$306,000
Typical Harrison home $119K

That covers a typical Harrison home, with $187K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$660
Loan $590Tax $40Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $300 more than owning.

How Harrison ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Harrison’s typical property tax (0.39% 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 $744, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,150
4 bedrooms$1,430
22%
of households rent · IN 29%
158
renter households
18%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IN 48%
16%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$744
median rent paid today · Census

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

78% of Harrison households own their home

Half of Harrison’s homes were built before 1964.

Owners and renters
Own 78%Rent 22%

Indiana: 71% own.

1964
typical home built · IN 1976
$465
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.39%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%
3%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Harrison vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Harrison$119K*—$960$72,500
Sugar Ridge$121K*—$1,030$107,536
Lewis$222K+1.9%$990$81,964
Perry$125K*—$1,040$75,707
Jefferson$148K*—$960$63,958
Marion$149K*—$980$74,096

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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