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Housing in Salamonie

A typical Salamonie home is worth roughly $130,000

Typical home value
$130K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,090
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$790
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Salamonie?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Salamonie home $130K

That covers a typical Salamonie home, with $158K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$750
Loan $640Tax $70Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090 a month here, $340 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Salamonie’s typical property tax (0.61% 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 $1,090

Renters already here pay a median of $955, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$1,090
3 bedrooms$1,390
4 bedrooms$1,660
34%
of households rent · IN 29%
269
renter households
37%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IN 48%
18%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$955
median rent paid today · Census

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

66% of Salamonie households own their home

Half of Salamonie’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters
Own 66%Rent 34%

Indiana: 71% own.

1972
typical home built · IN 1976
$790
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.61%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

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

Next door

Salamonie vs. its neighbors

Salamonie 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
Salamonie$130K*—$1,090$70,950
Jackson$236K*—$1,050$85,438
Jefferson$187K*—$1,090$68,375
Rock Creek$183K*+2.4%†$980$77,100
Liberty$125K*—$980$56,080

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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