Howe, Indiana.
Typical home $262,818 (+7.5% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$781 (+131%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $18,433 +8%
- $244,385$262,818 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $54,649 +26%
- $208,169$262,818 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.
- Howe$1,379
- Indiana$1,350
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Howe, IN rose 7.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Howe, LaGrange County, Indiana
Howe, in LaGrange County, had 610 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in LaGrange County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in LaGrange County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Howe is a small community in LaGrange County in northern Indiana, with a population that is small enough for people to know one another. Homes here are valued below what is typical across much of the country, and household incomes across the county are a little above the national middle. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in the building trades. Across LaGrange County, some of the largest workplaces are Nishikawa Cooper, which makes mechanical rubber goods, Champion Home Builders, and the Westview School Corporation. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than a year earlier, though the county had slightly fewer jobs last year than the year before. The typical commute is a fairly short one, so most people work reasonably close to home.
Things to do. The closest outdoor option is Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area, a protected area a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Pokagon State Park and Chain O'Lakes State Park, both protected areas with woods and water. Lake James is also a longer drive away, and is a good choice for a day by the water.
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- 3%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
What people in LaGrange County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. LaGrange County had 14,643 jobs in 2025, 0.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 62°. About 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lagrange weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in LaGrange County
- Nishikawa CooperMechanical rubber goods manufacturing532
- Champion Home BuildersDoor frames and sash, wood and covered wood, manufacturing390
- Westview School CorporationSchool district335FTE
- Lakeland School CorporationSchool district243FTE
- Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp SchoolsSchool district201FTE
- Riegsecker RestaurantsFamily restaurants, full service190
- Lakepark Industries of IndianaJob stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing185
- The Arc of LaGrange CountyVocational rehabilitation or habilitation services181
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 40 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,874 people in all across the county; Howe has none of its own. School districts come 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
- Strong windVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- HailRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Howe’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 LaGrange County.
Howe home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Howe$262,818
- 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.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Howe12
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Howe5
Zip codes with a Howe address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Howe — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.