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Housing in Steele

A typical Steele home is worth roughly $174,000

Home prices around Steele have risen about 52% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$174K
▲ 0.9% in a year · IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,000
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$844
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Steele?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$264,000
Typical Steele home $174K

That covers a typical Steele home, with $90K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$980
Loan $860Tax $70Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $20 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, Steele’s typical property tax (0.48% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 52% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Steele rose 52% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Indiana. Last year prices rose 0.9%.

Steele areaIndiana
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+0.9%
past year
+52%
past 5 years
+76%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Steele, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000

Renters already here pay a median of $829, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$1,000
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,320
25%
of households rent · IN 29%
64
renter households
$829
median rent paid today · Census

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

75% of Steele households own their home

Half of Steele’s homes were built before 1969.

Owners and renters
Own 75%Rent 25%

Indiana: 71% own.

1969
typical home built · IN 1976
$844
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.48%
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

Steele vs. its neighbors

Steele is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Steele$174K*+0.9%†$1,000$63,826
Vigo$74K*—$980$59,120
Bogard$222K*—$980$76,696
Washington$149K+3.1%$1,020$58,630
Elmore$128K*—$960$75,833

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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