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Housing in Jackson

A typical Jackson home is worth roughly $236,000

Typical home value
$236K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,071
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Jackson?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

94% of Jackson households own their home

Half of Jackson’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 6%

Indiana: 71% own.

1982
typical home built · IN 1976
$1,071
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.45%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$353,000
Typical Jackson home $236K

That covers a typical Jackson home, with $117K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,330
Loan $1,170Tax $90Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $280 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Jackson’s typical property tax (0.45% 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 $1,050

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,610
6%
of households rent · IN 29%
14
renter households

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

Next door

Jackson vs. its neighbors

Jackson is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Jackson$236K*—$1,050$85,438
Salamonie$130K*—$1,090$70,950
Van Buren$162K+2.9%$1,010$54,960
Chester$213K*—$970$84,861
Washington$163K*+3.2%†$960$98,869

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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