Housing in Perry

A typical Perry home is worth roughly $125,000

Typical home value

$125K

IN $260K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,040

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$632

IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Perry?

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

Your money goes further52% below the Indiana typical home.A town of owners92% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.6 years of income

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

You could afford about

$313,000

Typical Perry home $125K

That covers a typical Perry home, with $188K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$710

Loan $620Tax $50Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $330 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Sugar Ridge$121K Harrison$119K Posey$171K Lewis$222K Riley$273K Pierson$235K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Perry’s typical property tax (0.51% 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

92% of Perry households own their home

Half of Perry’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters

Own 92%Rent 8%

Indiana: 71% own.

1971

typical home built · IN 1976

$632

median property tax bill · IN $1,614

0.51%

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 $1,040

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820

1 bedroom$820

2 bedrooms$1,040

3 bedrooms$1,250

4 bedrooms$1,470

of households rent · IN 29%

renter households

57%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IN 48%

16%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Perry vs. its neighbors

Perry is the 3rd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Riley$273K Pierson$235K Lewis$222K Posey$171K Perry$125K Sugar Ridge$121K Harrison$119K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Perry	$125K*	—	$1,040	$75,707
Sugar Ridge	$121K*	—	$1,030	$107,536
Harrison	$119K*	—	$960	$72,500
Posey	$171K*	+5.2%†	$1,040	$93,664
Lewis	$222K	+1.9%	$990	$81,964
Riley	$273K*	+8.5%†	$1,110	$97,300
Pierson	$235K*	—	$1,110	$71,875

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.