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DeKalb County, Indiana

Single-family vs. condo trends, market pressure signals, and 5-year price history. Source: Redfin.

Median Sale Price
$259,900
+48.9% YoY
Active Inventory
66
Days on Market
21 days
Price Drops
36.4%

Single-Family vs. Condo

Source: Redfin (property-type breakdown)
Single-Family Median
$259,950
+17.7% YoY
Condo / Co-op Median
$230,000
-46.8% YoY
SFR vs. Condo YoY Gap
+64.5%
SFR outperforming condos
DOM: SFR vs. Condo
21d / 192d
SFR / Condo

Buyer vs. Seller Market Indicators

Latest month — Redfin
Months of Supply
1.2 mo
Seller market

Inventory ÷ monthly sales. Below 3 = strong seller market; 3-6 balanced; above 6 = buyer market.

Sale-to-List Ratio
98.5%
At asking

Median closing price ÷ original list price. Above 100% = homes routinely closing above asking.

% Sold Above List
19%
Buyer-favorable

Share of closed sales priced above asking. The single cleanest read on bidder competition.

What does your sqft target cost in DeKalb County, Indiana?

$159/sqft median (Redfin)
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Estimated price
$318,382
Above median (+23% vs median)
Region median
$259,900
all homes
Price-tier reverse lookup — what sqft does each price band buy?
$600,000
≈ 3,769 sqft
$1,200,000
≈ 7,538 sqft
$2,000,000
≈ 12,564 sqft
$5,000,000
≈ 31,409 sqft

Estimate = (median $/sqft × your sqft) + bed/bath/lot adjustments. Bed and bath adjustments use Appraisal Institute / Fannie Mae standard rules of thumb (~$15K/extra bedroom, ~$20K/extra bathroom vs. a 3bd/2ba baseline; half-bath = half adj). Lot premium is a $1.50/sqft heuristic beyond a 6,000 sqft baseline — accuracy varies sharply by urban infill vs. acreage market. Quality, condition, year built, and HOA are not modeled here. For a deeper county-level hedonic AVM, see AVM Lite.

Rent + invest vs. buy + own — backtested

15-yr rolling history · S&P 500
Property type:
Upfront capital committed (both paths): $60K = 20% down + 3% closing on a $260K home
BUY + OWN
Median ending wealth $228K $139K real
Net gain on $60K upfront: $168K
Range: $228K → $228K
Wealth = home value (appreciated at 3%/yr) − remaining mortgage − 6% selling cost. Gain = wealth − upfront. Leveraged appreciation on full $260K asset comes from the 20% down.
RENT + INVEST
Median ending portfolio $606K $448K real
Net gain on $215K contributed: $391K
Range: $282K → $1.54M
Same upfront cash + each year's (own − rent) surplus invested in S&P 500 at actual annual returns. Median renter contributed $215K total.
Median wealth delta: $378K in favor of RENT + INVEST
What if you'd started in a recent year? (most-recent 15yr window: 2011–2025)
WindowBuy wealthBuy gainRent wealthRent gainWealth delta
2011–2025$228K$168K$880K$665K$652K rent
2010–2024$228K$168K$899K$684K$670K rent
2009–2023$228K$168K$859K$644K$631K rent
2008–2022$228K$168K$608K$393K$380K rent
2007–2021$228K$168K$788K$573K$560K rent
2006–2020$228K$168K$674K$459K$445K rent
2005–2019$228K$168K$606K$391K$378K rent
2004–2018$228K$168K$499K$284K$271K rent

Educational tool, not investment or real-estate advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Backtests use actual annual total returns including dividends from S&P 500 (Damodaran (NYU Stern) annual total return (with dividends), 1957-present.).

Buyer model: 30-yr fixed mortgage, P&I + property tax + insurance + maintenance (1% of value/yr) + HOA. Selling cost = 6%. Investor model: down payment + annual cashflow surplus invested in the chosen index at that calendar year's actual return.

Tax model: pre-tax comparison. Toggle "after-tax mode" to apply MID, SALT, LTCG, and the Sec 121 capital-gains exclusion.

This calculator does not adjust for: PMI (assumed 20%+ down), differential transaction costs by state, lifestyle factors (commute, schools, kids), illiquidity / forced-sale risk, or insurance availability constraints (e.g., FL/CA wildfire). Consult a fiduciary advisor and tax professional before acting on any of this.

Market Pressure Signals

Derived from Redfin trend
Inventory vs. Long-Term Avg
-14.7%
deficit — seller leverage
DOM vs. 24-Mo Avg
-20.9%
currently 21 days
Long-Term Avg Inventory
77
Long-Term Avg DOM
27 days

Mortgage & Price Stress

State HPI + national delinquency
State HPI YoY
+4.3%
positive — appreciating
State HPI vs. Peak
0.0%
at or near peak peak 2026-01-01
National Mortgage Delinquency
1.89%
benchmark — 2026-01-01 county-grain delinquency requires paid data

State-grain HPI YoY + drawdown from peak is the cleanest free price-stress proxy. The national delinquency rate gives the macro mortgage-stress backdrop. True county-level mortgage delinquency lives in paid datasets (MBA NDS, CoreLogic LP).

Value Ratios

Median home price ÷ county median income
Value / Income
3.7×
fair value
Median Household Income
$70,080
Census ACS B19013

Historically affordable markets sit at 3–4× income; over 5× is stretched, over 6× is severely overvalued. Lower ratios point to bargain opportunities.

Housing Stock & Owners

Census ACS 5-year (B19013, B01003, B25002, B25003, B25034, B25007)
Population
43,584
total residents
Total Housing Units
18,280
all units, occupied + vacant
Vacancy Rate
7.0%
tight
Homeownership Rate
82.3%
of occupied units owner-occupied
Boomer Owners (65+)
23.2%
of homeowner households
Millennial / Gen-X Owners (35-54)
11.7%
of homeowner households
Pre-1949 Housing Stock
30.2%
structures built before 1949

When boomer-owner share is high, expect more inventory hitting the market over the next decade as homes transition. High vacancy + high old-stock often signals deferred-maintenance markets where buyers can negotiate.

Net Migration (IRS Tax Returns)

IRS Statistics of Income — Migration Data
Net Migration
+224
gaining people (2022–2023)
Inbound Returns
878
1,572 people moved in
Outbound Returns
758
1,348 people moved out
Net Returns
+120
household-filer basis

Top 5 Origins (where movers came from)

  1. Allen, Indiana — 426 returns
  2. Steuben, Indiana — 161 returns
  3. Noble, Indiana — 149 returns
  4. Whitley, Indiana — 33 returns
  5. Defiance, Ohio — 30 returns

Top 5 Destinations (where movers went)

  1. Allen, Indiana — 370 returns
  2. Noble, Indiana — 168 returns
  3. Steuben, Indiana — 141 returns
  4. Williams, Ohio — 30 returns
  5. Whitley, Indiana — 27 returns

IRS Statistics of Income tracks county-to-county migration via tax-return change-of-address. Net migration uses the exemption count (a proxy for people, including dependents). True net flow can lag by 1–2 years vs. real-time movements.

Who's Moving In (Census ACS)

Source: Census ACS B07001 (5-year)
Inbound Movers (1 yr)
3,300
7.64% of pop. — moved here from outside the county
From Other States
309
0.72% of pop. — interstate inbound
From Abroad
127
moved into the county from outside the U.S.
Same House 1 Year Ago
87%
stable residents

Census ACS asks where people lived 1 year ago, so this counts inbound movers but does not show outbound — true net migration would require IRS SOI parsing.

Trends

Up to 5 years of monthly data

Median Sale Price

Trailing 12 months

Active Inventory

Trailing 12 months

Days on Market

Trailing 12 months

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