Manilla, Indiana.
Typical home $226,872 (+3.1% in a year). Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$699 (+142%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,854 +3%
- $220,018$226,872 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $58,962 +35%
- $167,909$226,872 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.
- Manilla$1,191
- Indiana$1,350
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Manilla, IN rose 3.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Manilla, Rush County, Indiana
Manilla, in Rush County, had 230 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Rush County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Rush County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Manilla is a very small community in Rush County, Indiana, with a population well below that of most towns. Incomes across Rush County are below the state's, and homes in Manilla itself sell for more than the county income might suggest. Few adults here hold a four-year degree, and most residents have a short trip to work.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in the building trades, with some in professional and business services. Across Rush County, some of the largest workplaces are Aisin Takaoka, an iron foundry, Rush Memorial Hospital, and the Copeland Corporation plant, which makes heating and air conditioning units. Joblessness in the county is a little lower than it was a year ago, though the number of jobs slipped slightly last year.
Things to do. Meltzer Woods, a protected area, and the Grover Museum are both a short drive away. For a longer outing, Miller House and Garden is a museum a longer drive away, as is the Big Blue River. Winters are cold, with some snow, and summers are warm, with a fair amount of rain through the year.
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- 4%of adults have a degree
- 15 mintypical commute
What people in Rush County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Rush County had 4,885 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 64°. About 16 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rushville weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rush County
- Aisin TakaokaIron foundries364
- Rush Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital264FTE
- Copeland Corporation LLC PlantHeating and air conditioning combination units manufacturing200
- Rush County SchoolsSchool district164FTE
- Trane Technologies139
- Schell & KampeterDog and cat food, manufacturing135
- Kroger Central KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores78
- The Waters of RushvilleNursing homes66
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 14 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,335 people in all across the county; Manilla has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Manilla’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Rush County and the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN metro.
Manilla home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Manilla$226,872
- Indiana$257,165
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Zip codes with a Manilla address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Manilla — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.