Porter County, IN real estate

What the numbers say

Porter County, IN real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Porter County listed for $415,649, up 4.0% from a year earlier. That is 39% above the Indiana median of $299,000.

Homes spent a median of 52 days on the market, slower than 50 days a year ago. That makes Porter County the #18 fastest-selling of 30 Indiana counties we track.

Homeowners in Porter County pay a median of $2,326 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $281,500, an effective rate of about 0.83%. The Indiana average is 0.74%, which makes Porter County the #87 lowest-tax of 92 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,219 a month, and $1,214 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 28 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 $416,000 home here comes to about $2,726 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $117,000 a year (the median household here earns $87,972).