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Housing in Lost River

A typical Lost River home is worth roughly $152,000

Typical home value
$152K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$589
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Lost River?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Lost River

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You could afford about
$287,000
Typical Lost River home $152K

That covers a typical Lost River home, with $135K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$890
Loan $750Tax $90Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $170 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.

The homes

100% of Lost River households own their home

Half of Lost River’s homes were built before 1990.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Indiana: 71% own.

1990
typical home built · IN 1976
$589
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
10%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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 $1,060

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,310
4 bedrooms$1,480
0%
of households rent · IN 29%

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Martin County, IN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Lost River vs. its neighbors

Lost River is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Lost River$152K*—$1,060$76,058
Rutherford$230K*—$960$80,000
Halbert$158K*—$1,070$70,764
Columbia$212K*—$990$72,411
Harbison$249K*—$980$113,125

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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