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Housing in Vigo

A typical Vigo home is worth roughly $74,000

Typical home value
$74K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$479
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Vigo?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$238,000
Typical Vigo home $74K

That covers a typical Vigo home, with $164K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$430
Loan $370Tax $40Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $550 more than owning.

How Vigo ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Vigo’s typical property tax (0.65% 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

73% of Vigo households own their home

Half of Vigo’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 27%

Indiana: 71% own.

1938
typical home built · IN 1976
$479
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.65%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $845, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,330
27%
of households rent · IN 29%
369
renter households
33%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IN 48%
20%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$845
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Vigo vs. its neighbors

Vigo is the least expensive of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Vigo$74K*—$980$59,120
Steele$174K*+0.9%†$1,000$63,826
Elmore$128K*—$960$75,833
Washington$149K+3.1%$1,020$58,630
Washington$141K*—$960$51,786
Widner$97K*—$970$70,236
Washington$83K*—$1,010$54,038
Steen$120K*—$960$54,680

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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