Housing in White River

A typical White River home is worth roughly $137,000

Typical home value

$137K

IN $260K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$960

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$961

IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is White River?

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

Your money goes further47% below the Indiana typical home.

★ 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

$252,000

Typical White River home $137K

That covers a typical White River home, with $116K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$800

Loan $680Tax $80Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $160 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Decker$156K Patoka$162K Washington$144K Johnson$247K Patoka$99K Mount Carmel$118K Montgomery$192K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, White River’s typical property tax (0.70% 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 $758, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730

1 bedroom$740

2 bedrooms$960

3 bedrooms$1,210

4 bedrooms$1,300

15%

of households rent · IN 29%

renter households

26%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IN 48%

18%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$758

median rent paid today · Census

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

85% of White River households own their home

Half of White River’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters

Own 85%Rent 15%

Indiana: 71% own.

1976

typical home built · IN 1976

$961

median property tax bill · IN $1,614

0.70%

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

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

Next door

White River vs. its neighbors

White River is the 3rd least expensive of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Johnson$247K Montgomery$192K Patoka$162K Decker$156K Washington$144K White River$137K Mount Carmel$118K Patoka$99K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
White River	$137K*	—	$960	—	$63,482
Decker	$156K	+7.8%	$960	—	—
Patoka	$162K	+10.8%	$1,010	—	$65,014
Washington	$144K*	—	$1,010	—	$78,661
Johnson	$247K*	+2.6%†	$970	—	$113,674
Patoka	$99K*	—	$960	—	$48,958
Mount Carmel	$118K	−0.2%	$920	7	$47,009
Montgomery	$192K*	+7.5%†	$1,060	—	$68,000

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.