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Housing costs in DeKalb County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $861 | ± $29 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $828 | ± $29 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $783 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $735 | ± $25 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $194,100 | ± $9,085 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $177,900 | ± $9,212 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $157,700 | ± $7,295 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $135,200 | ± $5,692 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 26.4 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 25.4 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 24.6 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.8 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in DeKalb County is $861, below the Indiana median of $866 across 92 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.