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Housing in Madison

A typical Madison home is worth roughly $176,000

Typical home value
$176K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,169
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Madison?

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

★ What stands out · Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $960

Renters already here pay a median of $537, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$730
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,180
4 bedrooms$1,270
28%
of households rent · IN 29%
260
renter households
34%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IN 48%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$537
median rent paid today · Census

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$270,000
Typical Madison home $176K

That covers a typical Madison home, with $94K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,020
Loan $870Tax $100Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $60 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Madison ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Madison’s typical property tax (0.66% 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

73% of Madison households own their home

Half of Madison’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 28%

Indiana: 71% own.

1978
typical home built · IN 1976
$1,169
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.66%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Madison vs. its neighbors

Madison is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Madison$176K*—$960$66,970
Elmore$128K*—$960$75,833
Van Buren$238K*—$980$90,985
Perry$172K*—$970$64,879
Taylor$200K*+0.6%†$1,010$108,646

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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