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The median home value in Wells County, IN is $253,857 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.67% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$253,857
Year-over-Year
+4.67%
National Rank
#1335 of 3071
Wells County ranks 37th out of 92 counties in IN by median home price, and is +8.3% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IN, the typical county has a median home value of $233,695, making Wells County +8.6% above the IN state median.
Households here earn a median of $71,957 a year against a typical home value of $253,857 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.5×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 46% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Wells County recorded a violent crime rate of 164 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 724 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 11,601 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Wells County is $253,857. That's up 4.67% from a year earlier. That is about 8.3% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Wells County the 37th most expensive of 92 counties in Indiana.
Median household income here is $71,957, so a typical home costs about 3.5× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Wells County recorded 164 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 11,601 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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