Housing in Perry

A typical Perry home is worth roughly $224,000

Typical home value

$224K

IN $260K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,110

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,130

IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Perry?

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

A town of owners98% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · The homes

98% of Perry households own their home

Half of Perry’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters

Own 98%Rent 3%

Indiana: 71% own.

1983

typical home built · IN 1976

$1,130

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 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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

$461,000

Typical Perry home $224K

That covers a typical Perry home, with $238K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,270

Loan $1,110Tax $90Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,110 a month here, $160 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Richland$159K Allen$160K Henry$202K Paw Paw$177K

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,110

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790

1 bedroom$860

2 bedrooms$1,110

3 bedrooms$1,320

4 bedrooms$1,510

of households rent · IN 29%

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

Perry vs. its neighbors

Perry is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Perry$224K Henry$202K Paw Paw$177K Allen$160K Richland$159K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Perry	$224K*	—	$1,110	$111,563
Richland	$159K*	—	$970	$71,350
Allen	$160K*	—	$1,140	$49,736
Henry	$202K*	−5.8%†	$1,020	$79,539
Paw Paw	$177K*	+5.1%†	$1,000	$68,309

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.