Dearborn County, IN real estate

What the numbers say

Dearborn County, IN real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Dearborn County listed for $357,400, up 3.2% from a year earlier. That is 20% above the Indiana median of $299,000.

Homes spent a median of 54 days on the market, slower than 45 days a year ago. That makes Dearborn County the #19 fastest-selling of 30 Indiana counties we track.

Homeowners in Dearborn County pay a median of $1,789 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $243,400, an effective rate of about 0.74%. The Indiana average is 0.74%, which makes Dearborn County the #68 lowest-tax of 92 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $845 a month, and $914 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 35 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $357,000 home here comes to about $2,316 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $99,000 a year (the median household here earns $84,735).