Housing in Perry

A typical Perry home is worth roughly $109,000

Typical home value

$109K

IN $260K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,060

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$736

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 further58% below the Indiana typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.5 years of income

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

You could afford about

$302,000

Typical Perry home $109K

That covers a typical Perry home, with $192K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$630

Loan $540Tax $60Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $430 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Dalton$239K Green$166K Jefferson$126K Union$145K Clay$149K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Perry’s typical property tax (0.67% 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 $1,060

Renters already here pay a median of $717, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790

1 bedroom$840

2 bedrooms$1,060

3 bedrooms$1,330

4 bedrooms$1,400

13%

of households rent · IN 29%

renter households

$717

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

87% of Perry households own their home

Half of Perry’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters

Own 87%Rent 13%

Indiana: 71% own.

1989

typical home built · IN 1976

$736

median property tax bill · IN $1,614

0.67%

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.

Next door

Perry vs. its neighbors

Perry is the least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Dalton$239K Green$166K Clay$149K Union$145K Jefferson$126K Perry$109K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Perry	$109K*	—	$1,060	$74,773
Dalton	$239K*	−2.2%†	$1,000	$125,469
Green	$166K*	—	$1,280	$72,361
Jefferson	$126K*	−2.2%†	$960	$61,212
Union	$145K*	—	$1,030	$78,214
Clay	$149K*	—	$970	$74,500

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.