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Housing in Jackson

A typical Jackson home is worth roughly $122,000

Typical home value
$122K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,040
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$441
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 · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$295,000
Typical Jackson home $122K

That covers a typical Jackson home, with $173K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$670
Loan $600Tax $40Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $370 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Jackson’s typical property tax (0.36% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

94% of Jackson households own their home

Half of Jackson’s homes were built before 1970.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 6%

Indiana: 71% own.

1970
typical home built · IN 1976
$441
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.36%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040

Renters already here pay a median of $925, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$1,040
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,380
6%
of households rent · IN 29%
10
renter households
$925
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Carroll 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 least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Jackson$122K*—$1,040$70,208
Lincoln$142K*—$1,110$48,646
Jefferson$198K*+4.3%†$990$90,750
Idaville$206K+12.9%$1,130$49,323

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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