housing costs · Indiana
Housing costs in Howard 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 | $937 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $915 | ± $20 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $855 | ± $23 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $790 | ± $23 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $165,000 | ± $5,476 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $151,500 | ± $5,713 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $143,100 | ± $4,306 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $116,600 | ± $3,783 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.7 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.0 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 27.7 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 26.7 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Howard County is $937, above 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.