Zip lookup · IN

46394
Whiting, Indiana.

Whiting, Lake County, IN · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro · population 11,894

What it costs per month · 46394 $1,080/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$575 (+114%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,437 +1%
$203,300$205,737 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $40,690 +25%
$165,047$205,737 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 46394 $1,080 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 46394$1,080
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.

Typical home values in zip 46394 rose 1.2% over the past year — in step with the nation.

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

Asking rent $1,293 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $205,737 as of Sep 2026
+1.2%year on year

Asking rent — 46394

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

$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 $2,000 2026 46394 $1,293 Chicago $2,163 United States $1,932
$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 $2,000 2026
  • 46394$1,293
  • Chicago$2,163
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 46394

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 46394 $205,737 Chicago $355,650 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 46394$205,737
  • Chicago$355,650
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 113 zips in range — sorting picks from all 113.

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2.6 46327 Hammond 10,597 $1,471 $156,164
3.1 60633 Chicago 12,474 $1,688 $194,020
3.3 46312 East Chicago 26,022 $1,040 $129,570
3.7 60617 Chicago 74,790 $1,497 $180,176
4.7 46320 Hammond 14,353 $1,307 $144,747
5.1 60409 Calumet City 35,100 $1,536 $155,307
6.0 60419 Dolton 20,825 $2,343 $156,778
6.0 60628 Chicago 60,431 $1,725 $147,955
6.4 60649 Chicago 48,056 $1,281 $143,026
6.5 46324 Hammond 21,409 $1,668 $184,086
6.6 46323 Hammond 23,047 $1,579 $187,833
6.8 60827 Riverdale 24,713 $1,290 $134,840
7.0 60619 Chicago 59,503 $1,335 $175,199
7.1 46406 Gary 9,001 — $77,283
7.5 60473 South Holland 21,225 — $230,587
8.1 60438 Lansing 28,806 $1,637 $200,227
8.4 60643 Chicago 45,942 $2,118 $237,116
8.9 60637 Chicago 52,721 $1,757 $244,855
8.9 60620 Chicago 64,871 $1,305 $182,454
9.0 46321 Munster 23,733 $2,124 $353,701
9.0 60426 Harvey 23,906 $1,359 $108,020
9.2 60476 Thornton 1,940 — $186,134
9.2 46404 Gary 15,428 $1,410 $97,599
9.2 46322 Highland 23,680 $1,588 $268,034
9.4 60406 Blue Island 23,327 $1,421 $206,936
9.8 60621 Chicago 28,301 $1,625 $128,484
9.9 46402 Gary 5,836 $1,450 $61,313
10.1 60469 Posen 5,205 — $202,902
10.1 60615 Chicago 42,975 $1,855 $251,090
10.4 60655 Chicago 28,434 $1,895 $335,294

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