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Housing in Wildcat

A typical Wildcat home is worth roughly $113,000

Typical home value
$113K
IN $260K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,180
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$761
IN $1,614

What kind of housing town is Wildcat?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$297,000
Typical Wildcat home $113K

That covers a typical Wildcat home, with $185K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$650
Loan $560Tax $60Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,180 a month here, $530 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wildcat’s typical property tax (0.68% 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 $1,180

Renters already here pay a median of $796, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$890
1 bedroom$910
2 bedrooms$1,180
3 bedrooms$1,430
4 bedrooms$1,840
13%
of households rent · IN 29%
42
renter households
24%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IN 48%
19%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$796
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

87% of Wildcat households own their home

Half of Wildcat’s homes were built before 1959.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

Indiana: 71% own.

1959
typical home built · IN 1976
$761
median property tax bill · IN $1,614
0.68%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IN 0.74%

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

Next door

Wildcat vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wildcat$113K*—$1,180$74,028
Madison$193K*+2.9%†$1,240$85,329
Liberty$187K*+13.8%†$1,200$93,813
Union$254K*+7.3%†$1,180$71,694
Green—+13%†$980$81,458
Duck Creek$173K*+1.5%†$1,100$115,170

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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