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Housing in Oil

A typical Oil home is worth roughly $230,000

Typical home value
$230K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,186
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Oil?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

1 of Oil’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Oil’s homes were built before 1998.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 3%

Indiana: 71% own.

1998
typical home built · IN 1976
$1,186
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.52%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%
9%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Oil

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$382,000
Typical Oil home $230K

That covers a typical Oil home, with $153K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,300
Loan $1,140Tax $100Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $330 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Oil ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Oil’s typical property tax (0.52% 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$700
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,610
3%
of households rent · IN 29%
13%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Oil vs. its neighbors

Oil is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Oil$230K*—$970$92,946
Clark$165K*—$1,050$63,684
Leopold$246K+5.2%$960$74,107
Union$104K*—$960$33,553

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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