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The median home value in East Chicago, IN is $129,375 as of 2026-07-31, down 5.56% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$129,375
Year-over-Year
-5.56%
Population
25,662
East Chicago ranks #87 of 87 Indiana cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 52.0% below the state's city median of $269,376. It sits in Lake County, where the county-wide median is $254,401.
Median household income in East Chicago is $42,125, so the typical home value is about 3.1× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
East Chicago police recorded a violent crime rate of 826 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,590 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In East Chicago, that value is $129,375. That's down 5.56% from a year earlier. It is about 52.0% below the typical Indiana city tracked here.
Homes in East Chicago are cheaper than Lake County as a whole, where the median is $254,401 — a difference of about 49.1%.
Median household income here is $42,125, so the typical home value is about 3.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
East Chicago police reported 826 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 25,662. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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