Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Most Expensive Counties to Own a Home Outright in Indiana
The counties where a paid-off house still costs the most to keep. For retirees on a fixed income this figure matters more than the purchase price, because it never goes away and it rises with assessments.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Indiana ranked
| # | County | Monthly if paid off | Median home | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton County | $975 | $379,100 | 0.881% |
| 2 | Boone County | $876 | $341,800 | 0.797% |
| 3 | Hendricks County | $769 | $281,500 | 0.833% |
| 4 | Porter County | $730 | $261,900 | 0.829% |
| 5 | Johnson County | $703 | $260,400 | 0.720% |
| 6 | Monroe County | $702 | $261,700 | 0.702% |
| 7 | Hancock County | $690 | $258,100 | 0.680% |
| 8 | Lake County | $655 | $214,700 | 0.925% |
| 9 | Floyd County | $653 | $235,100 | 0.704% |
| 10 | Dearborn County | $649 | $227,100 | 0.760% |
| 11 | LaGrange County | $646 | $249,500 | 0.542% |
| 12 | Marion County | $640 | $207,000 | 0.929% |
| 13 | Franklin County | $638 | $236,700 | 0.616% |
| 14 | Warrick County | $632 | $228,900 | 0.654% |
| 15 | Bartholomew County | $630 | $221,100 | 0.722% |
| 16 | Brown County | $619 | $242,500 | 0.471% |
| 17 | Clark County | $617 | $212,400 | 0.737% |
| 18 | Posey County | $608 | $218,000 | 0.628% |
| 19 | Tippecanoe County | $606 | $217,600 | 0.623% |
| 20 | Dubois County | $602 | $212,500 | 0.650% |
| 21 | Whitley County | $597 | $205,200 | 0.698% |
| 22 | Elkhart County | $596 | $194,400 | 0.819% |
| 23 | Harrison County | $594 | $219,200 | 0.545% |
| 24 | Allen County | $593 | $194,300 | 0.802% |
| 25 | Morgan County | $584 | $220,100 | 0.480% |
| 26 | Ripley County | $576 | $205,300 | 0.576% |
| 27 | St. Joseph County | $575 | $179,800 | 0.867% |
| 28 | Steuben County | $575 | $204,300 | 0.581% |
| 29 | Kosciusko County | $571 | $200,300 | 0.598% |
| 30 | Shelby County | $567 | $188,300 | 0.705% |
| 31 | LaPorte County | $566 | $180,700 | 0.794% |
| 32 | Daviess County | $561 | $187,500 | 0.681% |
| 33 | Ohio County | $561 | $193,500 | 0.609% |
| 34 | Putnam County | $560 | $205,800 | 0.475% |
| 35 | Jasper County | $559 | $204,400 | 0.488% |
| 36 | Marshall County | $556 | $184,500 | 0.683% |
| 37 | Decatur County | $556 | $189,900 | 0.619% |
| 38 | Vanderburgh County | $554 | $172,300 | 0.824% |
| 39 | Noble County | $554 | $183,400 | 0.682% |
| 40 | Jefferson County | $545 | $180,600 | 0.659% |
| 41 | Adams County | $545 | $173,100 | 0.748% |
| 42 | Spencer County | $541 | $180,200 | 0.632% |
| 43 | Gibson County | $537 | $170,500 | 0.730% |
| 44 | DeKalb County | $536 | $177,900 | 0.628% |
| 45 | Newton County | $529 | $159,300 | 0.826% |
| 46 | Wells County | $522 | $180,000 | 0.511% |
| 47 | Union County | $518 | $162,200 | 0.705% |
| 48 | Tipton County | $517 | $166,000 | 0.644% |
| 49 | Montgomery County | $516 | $166,300 | 0.630% |
| 50 | Owen County | $514 | $162,400 | 0.672% |
| 51 | Switzerland County | $512 | $183,200 | 0.412% |
| 52 | Washington County | $511 | $162,400 | 0.651% |
| 53 | Carroll County | $510 | $167,700 | 0.569% |
| 54 | Lawrence County | $509 | $164,500 | 0.604% |
| 55 | Jackson County | $507 | $174,500 | 0.472% |
| 56 | Howard County | $502 | $151,500 | 0.733% |
| 57 | Vigo County | $500 | $140,400 | 0.895% |
| 58 | Rush County | $500 | $155,900 | 0.650% |
| 59 | Madison County | $499 | $147,700 | 0.764% |
| 60 | Clinton County | $498 | $157,300 | 0.622% |
| 61 | White County | $496 | $163,000 | 0.531% |
| 62 | Huntington County | $492 | $146,400 | 0.731% |
| 63 | Perry County | $489 | $146,000 | 0.713% |
| 64 | Warren County | $489 | $160,000 | 0.515% |
| 65 | Jennings County | $489 | $154,600 | 0.584% |
| 66 | Henry County | $483 | $140,200 | 0.749% |
| 67 | Starke County | $480 | $148,400 | 0.603% |
| 68 | Scott County | $479 | $145,400 | 0.640% |
| 69 | Martin County | $475 | $150,400 | 0.531% |
| 70 | Benton County | $475 | $135,400 | 0.756% |
| 71 | Orange County | $469 | $143,900 | 0.578% |
| 72 | Wayne County | $469 | $126,100 | 0.873% |
| 73 | Pike County | $468 | $128,400 | 0.813% |
| 74 | Wabash County | $463 | $143,600 | 0.533% |
| 75 | Fulton County | $463 | $144,700 | 0.514% |
| 76 | Delaware County | $463 | $127,600 | 0.781% |
| 77 | Greene County | $457 | $129,900 | 0.689% |
| 78 | Fountain County | $455 | $133,200 | 0.616% |
| 79 | Parke County | $452 | $139,300 | 0.496% |
| 80 | Knox County | $449 | $123,500 | 0.725% |
| 81 | Pulaski County | $442 | $134,600 | 0.480% |
| 82 | Sullivan County | $441 | $122,200 | 0.675% |
| 83 | Cass County | $437 | $118,700 | 0.694% |
| 84 | Fayette County | $437 | $114,800 | 0.765% |
| 85 | Crawford County | $435 | $115,400 | 0.737% |
| 86 | Grant County | $431 | $116,000 | 0.681% |
| 87 | Clay County | $430 | $128,900 | 0.457% |
| 88 | Randolph County | $426 | $106,000 | 0.831% |
| 89 | Miami County | $424 | $118,000 | 0.578% |
| 90 | Vermillion County | $422 | $109,500 | 0.721% |
| 91 | Jay County | $413 | $110,100 | 0.604% |
| 92 | Blackford County | $406 | $96,700 | 0.806% |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
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Most Expensive Counties to Own a Home Outright across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Indiana