A typical Kempton home is worth about $229,000
Up 6.5% in a year, 12% below the Indiana typical home.
What kind of housing town is Kempton?
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Up 34.6% in five years
Faster than Indiana (28.9%).
Show as a table
| January | Kempton | Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $108,000 | $135,000 |
| 2018 | $114,000 | $144,000 |
| 2019 | $124,000 | $154,000 |
| 2020 | $134,000 | $164,000 |
| 2021 | $146,000 | $183,000 |
| 2022 | $178,000 | $209,000 |
| 2023 | $184,000 | $227,000 |
| 2024 | $196,000 | $237,000 |
| 2025 | $213,000 | $249,000 |
| 2026 | $223,000 | $256,000 |
| August 2026 | $229,000 | $260,000 |
A typical Kempton home worth $105K in September 2016 is worth about $229K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
What it takes to buy in Kempton
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That covers a typical Kempton home, with $58K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,370 a month here, $30 more than owning.
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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,370
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Indianapolis-Carmel, 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.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Kempton in 2025. The last year with any was 2019 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Kempton's population fell by 47 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Indiana: 1.7 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $30,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 72 | 48 | 24 | $7.1 million |
| 2005 | 88 | 64 | 24 | $9.2 million |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $45,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $45,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $45,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $45,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $65,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.