Housing in Jackson

A typical Jackson home is worth roughly $81,000

Typical home value

$81K

IN $260K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,030

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$502

IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Jackson?

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

Your money goes further69% below the Indiana typical home.

★ 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

$202,000

Typical Jackson home $81K

That covers a typical Jackson home, with $122K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$460

Loan $400Tax $40Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $570 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Curry$96K Lewis$222K Hamilton$149K Cass$121K Pierson$235K Wright$128K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Jackson’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 $1,030

Renters already here pay a median of $871, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770

1 bedroom$790

2 bedrooms$1,030

3 bedrooms$1,250

4 bedrooms$1,650

21%

of households rent · IN 29%

138

renter households

17%

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

25%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$871

median rent paid today · Census

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

79% of Jackson households own their home

Half of Jackson’s homes were built before 1970.

Owners and renters

Own 79%Rent 21%

Indiana: 71% own.

1970

typical home built · IN 1976

$502

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

Jackson vs. its neighbors

Jackson is the least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Pierson$235K Lewis$222K Hamilton$149K Wright$128K Cass$121K Curry$96K Jackson$81K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Jackson	$81K*	—	$1,030	$50,288
Curry	$96K*	—	$1,120	$53,469
Lewis	$222K	+1.9%	$990	$81,964
Hamilton	$149K*	+16.7%†	$1,040	$54,885
Cass	$121K*	+14.8%†	$1,030	$61,285
Pierson	$235K*	—	$1,110	$71,875
Wright	$128K*	—	$970	$54,444

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.