Zip lookup · IN

46385
Valparaiso, Indiana.

Valparaiso, Porter County, IN · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro · population 40,856

What it costs per month · 46385 $1,960/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,039 (+113%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $10,738 +3%
$362,770$373,509 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $70,300 +23%
$303,208$373,509 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 46385 $1,960 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 46385$1,960
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.

Typical home values in zip 46385 rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Valparaiso, IN — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,636 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $373,509 as of Sep 2026
+3.0%year on year

Asking rent — 46385

Against the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro and the national benchmark.

$1,600 $1,800 $2,000 $2,200 2026 46385 $1,636 Chicago $2,163 United States $1,932
$1,600 $1,800 $2,000 $2,200 2026
  • 46385$1,636
  • Chicago$2,163
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 46385

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 46385 $373,509 Chicago $355,650 United States $366,157
$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 46385$373,509
  • Chicago$355,650
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 31 zips in range — sorting picks from all 31.

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4.1 46393 Wheeler 216 — $215,743
6.3 46383 Valparaiso 42,183 $1,370 $346,675
7.3 46342 Hobart 32,224 $1,352 $239,127
8.8 46368 Portage 40,301 $1,449 $270,616
10.5 46405 Lake Station 12,184 $1,592 $158,540
10.9 46410 Merrillville 39,243 $1,562 $242,181
11.0 46304 Chesterton 28,307 $1,691 $332,475
11.3 46307 Crown Point 71,673 $1,729 $360,152
11.9 46409 Gary 7,184 $1,349 $74,450
11.9 46341 Hebron 10,048 — $328,067
12.0 46403 Gary 10,929 $1,512 $149,847
12.2 46391 Westville 8,986 — $350,517
12.5 46347 Kouts 4,951 — $315,112
13.3 46407 Gary 8,577 $1,272 $57,429
13.3 46390 Wanatah 2,554 — $284,031
13.9 46408 Gary 15,747 $1,300 $107,649
14.8 46402 Gary 5,836 $1,450 $61,313
15.4 46404 Gary 15,428 $1,410 $97,599
15.9 46319 Griffith 17,847 $1,378 $250,776
17.1 46375 Schererville 24,188 $1,760 $358,029
17.2 46301 Beverly Shores 650 — $690,982
17.2 46348 La Crosse 1,217 — $214,590
17.5 46406 Gary 9,001 — $77,283
17.9 46373 Saint John 18,843 — $458,425
18.3 46322 Highland 23,680 $1,588 $268,034
18.7 46382 Union Mills 1,835 — $305,481
19.1 46323 Hammond 23,047 $1,579 $187,833
19.2 46340 Hanna 1,524 — $281,140
19.3 46303 Cedar Lake 17,680 $1,848 $336,135
19.7 46392 Wheatfield 8,302 — $336,566

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.