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Housing in Owen

A typical Owen home is worth roughly $154,000

Typical home value
$154K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$685
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Owen?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$312,000
Typical Owen home $154K

That covers a typical Owen home, with $157K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$870
Loan $760Tax $60Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $140 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Owen’s typical property tax (0.44% 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

95% of Owen households own their home

Half of Owen’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

Indiana: 71% own.

1982
typical home built · IN 1976
$685
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.44%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,380
5%
of households rent · IN 29%
16%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Next door

Owen vs. its neighbors

Owen is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Owen$154K*—$1,010$75,481
Brownstown$251K+2.6%$990$72,256
Carr$96K*—$1,000$68,438
Pleasant Run$205K*—$1,070$76,563
Pershing$215K*—$1,100$72,675

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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