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ZIP 46915 · Burlington, IN · 639 residents · September 2026

Burlington 46915: sellers hold the leverage.

Sellers hold the leverage. Listings move fast and often over asking. Typical home value $203K, +7.4% over 12 months; listings take 54 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Seller's market+52

In Mar 2026: +72

Typical value$203K+7.4% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market54 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut0%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$960/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings3+50% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list96.2%0% sold above list · Redfin, Nov 2025
HavenScore52of 100

Higher than 56% of scored ZIPs

Affordability61
Growth49
Risk61
Momentum39
Livability24

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026+72
  2. Apr 2026+47
  3. May 2026+49
  4. Jun 2026+49
  5. Jul 2026+47
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026+52

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 54 days on marketfaster than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 0% of listings cut pricefewer than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list 96.2%homes close below asking · Redfin, Nov 2025
  • 3 active listings+50% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin, November 2025.

Accelerating: prices +7.4% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward sellers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$203,439Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price$125,000Redfin · Nov 2025
Sale-to-list96.2%Redfin · Nov 2025
Sold above list0.0%Redfin · Nov 2025

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Days on marketHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cutHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
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Prices

Typical home value since 2000, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+7.4%
3 years+15.4%
5 years+35.5%
10 years+126.1%
From peak0.0%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 46915 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $203,537 in July 2026, which is the latest value. Since January 2019 it is +102.1%. The sharpest 12-month move was +1.8%, ending December 2025.

Zillow's typical home value here, $203K in August 2026, is 30% below the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +7.4% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$137K
Middle tier$203K
Top tier$271K
Single-family$203K
3 bedrooms$220K

Starter homes here rose 51% in five years while top-tier homes rose 28% (Zillow ZHVI tiers) — the bottom of the market outpaced the top.

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankIndiana rank
1 year+7.4%+7.4%/yrTop 6% nationallyTop 6% in Indiana
3 years+15.4%+4.9%/yrTop 17% nationallyTop 24% in Indiana
5 years+35.5%+6.3%/yrTop 14% nationallyTop 24% in Indiana
10 years+126.1%+8.5%/yrTop 7% nationallyTop 16% in Indiana
Since 2000+207.0%+4.3%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

This time of year Haven
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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$160K$180K$220K$202K202420252026$160K$180K$220K$202K202420252026
3 months$202K−0.6% · $198K–$207KMedium confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Zillow's own published forecast has this ZIP's typical value rise 3.0% over the twelve months from August 2026 (Zillow Home Value Forecast).

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$1,57932% of the median household income here ($59,583)
Principal and interest$1,201
Property tax$142
Insurance$121
Mortgage insurance$114

Between the 28% and 36% lines lenders use. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance uses the average homeowners premium insurers reported for this ZIP in 2022, $1,454 a year (Treasury Federal Insurance Office).

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$960
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$1,579

Buying costs $619 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

Like for like: the HUD fair market rent for a 3-bedroom here is $1,200 a month (FY 2026), against a typical 3-bedroom value of $220K (Zillow, August 2026) — a 6.5% gross rent yield.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$59,583Census ACS
Price to income3.4×long-run average 1.7×
Property tax0.84%statutory, state
Insurance$1,454/yrtypical premium
Commute27 minmedian, one way
Walkability4 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingRelatively LowFEMA NRI · wildfire 58 · flood 40
Population change+1.9% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1954Census ACS
Owner-occupied83%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 3.4× the median household income here, against 3.5× in the median IN ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $59,583 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskRelatively Lowscore 33 of 100 · county median 47
Flood40 of 100county median 57
Wildfire58 of 100county median 54
Hurricane39 of 100county median 40

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 6 scored ZIPs in Carroll County.

Everyday prices

Everyday prices in the Lafayette metro run 7% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024).

Rents in the index run 24% below the U.S. average.

$75,000 at U.S.-average prices buys what $70,050 buys here.

Metro-level index, U.S. = 100 · 2024 · the Lafayette metro, not this ZIP alone.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income5%U.S. median ZIP 5%
Renters spending over 30% of income8%U.S. median ZIP 39%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

61

Growth

49

Risk

61

Momentum

39
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Livability

24
Walkability4 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseLeast walkable
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density4 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

9 scored Indiana ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above listNovember 2025
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
BEAEveryday prices (Regional Price Parities)2024
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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