Local costs · Indiana
What a home costs across Indiana
Property-tax rates, insurance, and closing costs vary widely by county. Below are the state-wide rules that apply everywhere in Indiana, then every county with its own tax rate and insurance range.
Statewide facts
- Home insurance average
- About $1,191 per year for a standard HO-3 policy (NAIC 2022 state average). Individual counties run above or below this based on local hazard risk — see the table below.
- Transfer & recording tax
- Indiana charges no state transfer or recording tax on a home purchase.
- Title insurance
- Indiana uses competitive (filed) rates. Rates are competitive rather than state-set, so we model title and settlement from a national declining-rate curve calibrated to published costs.
- State income tax
- Indiana income tax is modeled at about 2.89% effective for a married household at $100,000 (2.92% filing single). These are modeled effective rates from Tax Foundation 2026 brackets.
All 92 counties in Indiana
Effective property-tax rate (Census ACS) and a typical annual insurance range at the state median home value. Select a county for the full breakdown.
| County | Property tax | Insurance / yr |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 0.77% | $850–$1,900typical $1,310 |
| Allen County | 0.79% | $790–$1,750typical $1,210 |
| Bartholomew County | 0.75% | $880–$1,960typical $1,350 |
| Benton County | 0.77% | $820–$1,830typical $1,260 |
| Blackford County | 0.81% | $970–$2,160typical $1,490 |
| Boone County | 0.78% | $620–$1,390typical $960 |
| Brown County | 0.44% | $900–$2,000typical $1,380 |
| Carroll County | 0.56% | $810–$1,800typical $1,240 |
| Cass County | 0.68% | $730–$1,620typical $1,120 |
| Clark County | 0.77% | $860–$1,910typical $1,320 |
| Clay County | 0.41% | $830–$1,840typical $1,270 |
| Clinton County | 0.60% | $980–$2,180typical $1,500 |
| Crawford County | 0.75% | $940–$2,090typical $1,440 |
| Daviess County | 0.69% | $730–$1,620typical $1,120 |
| Dearborn County | 0.73% | $940–$2,090typical $1,440 |
| Decatur County | 0.62% | $970–$2,160typical $1,490 |
| DeKalb County | 0.62% | $850–$1,890typical $1,300 |
| Delaware County | 0.74% | $760–$1,700typical $1,170 |
| Dubois County | 0.66% | $670–$1,490typical $1,030 |
| Elkhart County | 0.82% | $650–$1,450typical $1,000 |
| Fayette County | 0.73% | $1,010–$2,250typical $1,550 |
| Floyd County | 0.69% | $860–$1,930typical $1,330 |
| Fountain County | 0.59% | $850–$1,890typical $1,300 |
| Franklin County | 0.59% | $980–$2,180typical $1,500 |
| Fulton County | 0.54% | $900–$2,020typical $1,390 |
| Gibson County | 0.72% | $640–$1,440typical $990 |
| Grant County | 0.72% | $950–$2,120typical $1,460 |
| Greene County | 0.58% | $790–$1,770typical $1,220 |
| Hamilton County | 0.88% | $900–$2,020typical $1,390 |
| Hancock County | 0.66% | $730–$1,640typical $1,130 |
| Harrison County | 0.53% | $840–$1,870typical $1,290 |
| Hendricks County | 0.81% | $820–$1,830typical $1,260 |
| Henry County | 0.73% | $990–$2,200typical $1,520 |
| Howard County | 0.72% | $860–$1,930typical $1,330 |
| Huntington County | 0.71% | $900–$2,020typical $1,390 |
| Jackson County | 0.49% | $860–$1,910typical $1,320 |
| Jasper County | 0.46% | $730–$1,620typical $1,120 |
| Jay County | 0.60% | $940–$2,090typical $1,440 |
| Jefferson County | 0.64% | $940–$2,090typical $1,440 |
| Jennings County | 0.60% | $940–$2,090typical $1,440 |
| Johnson County | 0.71% | $960–$2,150typical $1,480 |
| Knox County | 0.68% | $640–$1,420typical $980 |
| Kosciusko County | 0.60% | $850–$1,890typical $1,300 |
| LaGrange County | 0.55% | $870–$1,940typical $1,340 |
| Lake County | 0.92% | $700–$1,550typical $1,070 |
| LaPorte County | 0.77% | $770–$1,730typical $1,190 |
| Lawrence County | 0.60% | $810–$1,810typical $1,250 |
| Madison County | 0.74% | $730–$1,640typical $1,130 |
| Marion County | 0.91% | $640–$1,440typical $990 |
| Marshall County | 0.66% | $810–$1,810typical $1,250 |
| Martin County | 0.54% | $810–$1,800typical $1,240 |
| Miami County | 0.60% | $790–$1,750typical $1,210 |
| Monroe County | 0.71% | $580–$1,290typical $890 |
| Montgomery County | 0.65% | $630–$1,410typical $970 |
| Morgan County | 0.49% | $870–$1,940typical $1,340 |
| Newton County | 0.77% | $770–$1,730typical $1,190 |
| Noble County | 0.67% | $910–$2,030typical $1,400 |
| Ohio County | 0.61% | $950–$2,120typical $1,460 |
| Orange County | 0.58% | $920–$2,060typical $1,420 |
| Owen County | 0.66% | $800–$1,780typical $1,230 |
| Parke County | 0.49% | $890–$1,990typical $1,370 |
| Perry County | 0.68% | $1,010–$2,260typical $1,560 |
| Pike County | 0.78% | $780–$1,740typical $1,200 |
| Porter County | 0.83% | $730–$1,640typical $1,130 |
| Posey County | 0.62% | $790–$1,750typical $1,210 |
| Pulaski County | 0.45% | $780–$1,740typical $1,200 |
| Putnam County | 0.48% | $870–$1,940typical $1,340 |
| Randolph County | 0.79% | $920–$2,060typical $1,420 |
| Ripley County | 0.56% | $940–$2,100typical $1,450 |
| Rush County | 0.65% | $880–$1,970typical $1,360 |
| Scott County | 0.65% | $900–$2,020typical $1,390 |
| Shelby County | 0.66% | $950–$2,120typical $1,460 |
| Spencer County | 0.62% | $900–$2,000typical $1,380 |
| St. Joseph County | 0.86% | $610–$1,360typical $940 |
| Starke County | 0.61% | $750–$1,670typical $1,150 |
| Steuben County | 0.57% | $830–$1,860typical $1,280 |
| Sullivan County | 0.61% | $790–$1,750typical $1,210 |
| Switzerland County | 0.45% | $940–$2,090typical $1,440 |
| Tippecanoe County | 0.62% | $590–$1,320typical $910 |
| Tipton County | 0.65% | $970–$2,160typical $1,490 |
| Union County | 0.64% | $960–$2,130typical $1,470 |
| Vanderburgh County | 0.80% | $830–$1,860typical $1,280 |
| Vermillion County | 0.69% | $820–$1,830typical $1,260 |
| Vigo County | 0.88% | $740–$1,650typical $1,140 |
| Wabash County | 0.52% | $960–$2,130typical $1,470 |
| Warren County | 0.50% | $770–$1,730typical $1,190 |
| Warrick County | 0.67% | $820–$1,830typical $1,260 |
| Washington County | 0.63% | $900–$2,000typical $1,380 |
| Wayne County | 0.81% | $950–$2,120typical $1,460 |
| Wells County | 0.54% | $880–$1,970typical $1,360 |
| White County | 0.54% | $810–$1,800typical $1,240 |
| Whitley County | 0.70% | $850–$1,890typical $1,300 |
* Property-tax rate is approximate because the county’s Census median is top-coded.
How these numbers are built
Every figure comes from public data or our own math: Census ACS property taxes, NAIC insurance averages scaled by FEMA risk, and researched transfer-tax and title schedules.
Estimates, not advice. See the methodology for sources, vintages, and the honest gaps.