housing costs · Indiana
Housing costs in Jay 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 | $770 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $766 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $771 | ± $42 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $709 | ± $40 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $117,500 | ± $7,058 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $110,100 | ± $5,331 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $101,500 | ± $7,293 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $96,100 | ± $5,726 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.6 % | ± 3.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.3 % | ± 5.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.0 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 23.3 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Jay County is $770, 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.
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