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Housing in Wayne

A typical Wayne home is worth roughly $230,000

Typical home value
$230K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$839
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Wayne?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

100% of Wayne households own their home

Half of Wayne’s homes were built before 1962.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Indiana: 71% own.

1962
typical home built · IN 1976
$839
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.36%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%
6%
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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$320,000
Typical Wayne home $230K

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

The typical home, each month
$1,280
Loan $1,140Tax $70Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $320 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wayne’s typical property tax (0.36% 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

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,180
4 bedrooms$1,410
0%
of households rent · IN 29%

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

Wayne vs. its neighbors

Wayne is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wayne$230K*—$960$76,029
Union$119K*—$960$44,135
Liberty$122K*+7.1%†$1,010$53,750
Van Buren$86K*—$1,020$53,214
Bethlehem$162K*—$990$79,792
Harrison$94K*—$990$66,953

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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