A typical Ligonier home is worth about $254,000
Up 3.9% in a year, close to the Indiana typical home.
Only 3 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Ligonier?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 4.3 years of income
More than across Indiana (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $23K short of a typical Ligonier home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $470 less than owning.
How Ligonier ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ligonier’s typical property tax (0.86% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 36.9% in five years
Faster than Indiana (28.9%).
Show as a table
| January | Ligonier | Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $121,000 | $135,000 |
| 2018 | $129,000 | $144,000 |
| 2019 | $143,000 | $154,000 |
| 2020 | $152,000 | $164,000 |
| 2021 | $169,000 | $183,000 |
| 2022 | $192,000 | $209,000 |
| 2023 | $210,000 | $227,000 |
| 2024 | $227,000 | $237,000 |
| 2025 | $238,000 | $249,000 |
| 2026 | $245,000 | $256,000 |
| August 2026 | $254,000 | $260,000 |
A typical Ligonier home worth $117K in September 2016 is worth about $254K today.
How Ligonier ranks on rising home prices →
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040
Renters already here pay a median of $852, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
7 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 7 new homes in Ligonier in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.7 million to build. That's 1.6 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Indiana (6). Over the past 10 years, Ligonier has permitted 119 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Ligonier gained 163 residents while 72 new homes were permitted: about 2.3 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. 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) | 6 | 6 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $4.3 million |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $4.2 million |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 0 | $4.4 million |
| 2020 | 21 | 21 | 0 | $5.1 million |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $960,000 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $665,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $510,000 |
| 2007 | 20 | 20 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2003 | 51 | 23 | 28 | $4 million |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2001 | 19 | 19 | 0 | $2 million |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $1.4 million |
How Ligonier ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
1 of Ligonier’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Ligonier’s homes were built before 1974.
Indiana: 71% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Neighbors talk housing
What Ligonier buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.