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Housing in Posey

A typical Posey home is worth roughly $119,000

Typical home value
$119K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,230
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$914
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Posey?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$206,000
Typical Posey home $119K

That covers a typical Posey home, with $87K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$700
Loan $590Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,230 a month here, $530 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Posey’s typical property tax (0.77% 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 $1,230

Renters already here pay a median of $985, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$880
1 bedroom$960
2 bedrooms$1,230
3 bedrooms$1,620
4 bedrooms$1,640
19%
of households rent · IN 29%
64
renter households
$985
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

81% of Posey households own their home

Half of Posey’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters
Own 81%Rent 19%

Indiana: 71% own.

1988
typical home built · IN 1976
$914
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.77%
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

Posey vs. its neighbors

Posey 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
Posey$119K*—$1,230$52,440
Laurel$243K+4.5%$1,320$72,596
Richland—+9.1%†$980—
Fugit$221K*+0.6%†$1,080$93,667
Salt Creek$255K*—$1,240$62,396
Orange$112K*—$990$53,750

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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