Cass County, IN real estate

What the numbers say

Cass County, IN real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

Homeowners in Cass County pay a median of $910 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $133,800, an effective rate of about 0.68%. The Indiana average is 0.74%, which makes Cass County the #55 lowest-tax of 92 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $783 a month, and $822 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 14 times a year's rent, which generally favors buying.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $134,000 home here comes to about $861 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $37,000 a year (the median household here earns $56,403).