Housing in Union

A typical Union home is worth roughly $104,000

Typical home value

$104K

IN $260K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$960

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$659

IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Union?

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

Your money goes further60% below the Indiana typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$137,000

Typical Union home $104K

That covers a typical Union home, with $34K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$600

Loan $510Tax $50Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $360 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Sterling$115K Oil$230K Ohio$74K Patoka$162K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Union’s typical property tax (0.64% 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 $960

Renters already here pay a median of $531, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690

1 bedroom$830

2 bedrooms$960

3 bedrooms$1,320

4 bedrooms$1,540

28%

of households rent · IN 29%

renter households

$531

median rent paid today · Census

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

72% of Union households own their home

Half of Union’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters

Own 72%Rent 28%

Indiana: 71% own.

1983

typical home built · IN 1976

$659

median property tax bill · IN $1,614

0.64%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

16%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Union vs. its neighbors

Union is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Oil$230K Patoka$162K Sterling$115K Union$104K Ohio$74K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Union	$104K*	—	$960	$33,553
Sterling	$115K*	—	$960	$41,250
Oil	$230K*	—	$970	$92,946
Ohio	$74K*	—	$1,030	—
Patoka	$162K*	—	$1,000	$60,441

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.