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Housing in Washington

A typical Washington home is worth roughly $151,000

Typical home value
$151K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,090
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Washington?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$311,000
Typical Washington home $151K

That covers a typical Washington home, with $160K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$880
Loan $750Tax $90Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090 a month here, $210 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, the Indiana typical property tax (0.74% 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

100% of Washington households own their home

Half of Washington’s homes were built before 1993.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Indiana: 71% own.

1993
typical home built · IN 1976
17%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$830
1 bedroom$900
2 bedrooms$1,090
3 bedrooms$1,400
4 bedrooms$1,630
0%
of households rent · IN 29%

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

Washington vs. its neighbors

Washington is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Washington$151K*—$1,090$78,304
Heth$172K*—$1,090$85,893
Harrison$248K*+4.8%†$1,110$66,722

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.

On the market in Washington

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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What Washington buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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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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