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Housing in Jefferson

A typical Jefferson home is worth roughly $120,000

Typical home value
$120K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$520
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Jefferson?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Jefferson

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You could afford about
$287,000
Typical Jefferson home $120K

That covers a typical Jefferson home, with $167K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$700
Loan $590Tax $70Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $270 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, the Indiana typical property tax (0.74% 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 $970

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,180
4 bedrooms$1,610
32%
of households rent · IN 29%
11
renter households

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

69% of Jefferson households own their home

Half of Jefferson’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters
Own 69%Rent 32%

Indiana: 71% own.

1983
typical home built · IN 1976
$520
median property tax bill · IN $1,614

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

Next door

Jefferson vs. its neighbors

Jefferson is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Jefferson$120K*—$970$31,364
Haddon$125K*—$980$62,917
Stockton$113K*+12.1%†$960$47,167
Cass$121K*+14.8%†$1,030$61,285

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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