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Housing in Steen

A typical Steen home is worth roughly $120,000

Typical home value
$120K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$596
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Steen?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$227,000
Typical Steen home $120K

That covers a typical Steen home, with $107K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$680
Loan $590Tax $50Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $280 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, Steen’s typical property tax (0.50% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

83% of Steen households own their home

Half of Steen’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 83%Rent 17%

Indiana: 71% own.

1938
typical home built · IN 1976
$596
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.50%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $960

Renters already here pay a median of $824, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$730
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,270
17%
of households rent · IN 29%
41
renter households
$824
median rent paid today · Census

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

Steen vs. its neighbors

Steen 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
Steen$120K*—$960$54,680
Washington$149K+3.1%$1,020$58,630
Harrison$157K*—$1,100$87,563
Palmyra$242K*+2.6%†$990$98,705
Vigo$74K*—$980$59,120

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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