Zip lookup · IN

46545
Mishawaka, Indiana.

Mishawaka, Saint Joseph County, IN · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro · population 26,606

What it costs per month · 46545 $1,145/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$662 (+137%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $12,280 +6%
$205,822$218,102 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $57,108 +35%
$160,994$218,102 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 46545 $1,145 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 46545$1,145
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 46545 rose 6.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Asking rents in zip 46545 rose 1.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.

Owning the typical home in zip 46545 runs $354/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $382 in May 2024.

That is $1,535 a month against $1,181 rent: a $1,145 mortgage payment, plus $157 property tax and $233 insurance & upkeep.

Owning vs renting — zip 46545

The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.

$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 2024 2025 2026 Owning all in $1,535 Renting $1,181 Mortgage only $1,145
$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 2024 2025 2026
  • Owning all in$1,535
  • Renting$1,181
  • Mortgage only$1,145

Property tax · $157/mo 0.86% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Saint Joseph County, IN

Insurance & upkeep · $233/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.

Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.

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

Asking rent $1,181 as of Sep 2026
+1.2%year on year
Typical home value $218,102 as of Sep 2026
+6.0%year on year

Asking rent — 46545

Against the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro and the national benchmark.

$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2024 2025 2026 46545 $1,181 South Bend $1,258 United States $1,932
$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2024 2025 2026
  • 46545$1,181
  • South Bend$1,258
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 46545

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 46545 $218,102 South Bend $237,622 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 46545$218,102
  • South Bend$237,622
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 33 zips in range — sorting picks from all 33.

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3.4 46530 Granger 31,598 $2,026 $416,295
3.5 46635 South Bend 6,410 — $266,949
3.6 46615 South Bend 14,190 $1,324 $182,054
4.1 46561 Osceola 13,996 — $295,503
4.6 46617 South Bend 10,032 $1,530 $332,899
5.3 46544 Mishawaka 31,077 $1,208 $208,991
5.7 46601 South Bend 4,800 $1,100 $151,023
5.7 46637 South Bend 16,200 $1,205 $255,304
6.2 46616 South Bend 5,979 $1,208 $151,750
6.7 46613 South Bend 12,279 $1,157 $107,494
9.0 46514 Elkhart 42,389 $1,288 $250,777
9.1 46517 Elkhart 25,433 $899 $244,258
9.2 49112 Edwardsburg 10,544 — $304,217
9.3 46614 South Bend 29,602 $1,142 $242,693
9.9 46628 South Bend 27,685 $1,264 $177,822
10.4 46516 Elkhart 31,871 $1,171 $189,846
10.5 49120 Niles 36,495 $1,396 $213,434
10.9 46619 South Bend 21,729 $1,287 $139,314
11.5 46573 Wakarusa 3,936 — $318,720
14.1 46536 Lakeville 2,964 — $291,618
15.9 49130 Union 1,258 — $374,106
16.0 46506 Bremen 9,994 — $280,277
16.3 49031 Cassopolis 7,869 — $275,941
16.6 46526 Goshen 33,668 $1,248 $268,002
16.8 46554 North Liberty 4,405 — $271,644
17.1 46507 Bristol 9,991 — $338,906
17.4 49107 Buchanan 10,323 — $243,073
17.5 46552 New Carlisle 7,047 — $278,526
18.3 46537 Lapaz 475 — $168,331
18.6 46550 Nappanee 12,843 $895 $301,019

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