Mitchell, Indiana.
Typical home $186,597 (+3.0% in a year). Bedford, IN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$557 (+132%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,400 +3%
- $181,198$186,597 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $33,871 +22%
- $152,726$186,597 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.
- Mitchell$979
- Indiana$1,350
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Mitchell, IN rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana
Mitchell is a city of 3,933 people in Lawrence County. Half its households earn more than $48,930 a year and half less, against $66,468 across Lawrence County; 21% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Lawrence County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 3.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Mitchell is a small city in Lawrence County, in southern Indiana. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though incomes run well below the county's and a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and the typical commute is a modest one. Winters are cold, with some snow, and summers are warm, with plenty of rain and melted snow through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in shops. The largest workplaces in Mitchell include Mitchell Community Schools, C&M Conveyor, and Life Care Centers of America. Unemployment across Lawrence County is close to where it stood a year ago, and the county has gained jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Spring Mill State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, as is Bluespring Caverns, a tourist attraction. In or beside town, the Mitchell Opera House is a theatre. For a longer outing, Hoosier National Forest is a longer drive away.
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- 1,525households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 21%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lawrence County had 14,002 jobs in 2025, 3.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 64°. About 16 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mitchell
- Mitchell Community SchoolsSchool district227FTE
- C&M ConveyorPassenger baggage belt loaders manufacturing221
- Life Care Centers of AmericaNursing homes76
- Basin Material Handling-IndianaStabilizing bars, cargo, metal, manufacturing63
- Ruler Stores KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores25
- SDFMP Contech Engineered SolutionsManufacturing22
- MitchellMail and parcel delivery20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 427 people in all. 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 windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mitchell’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Lawrence County and the Bedford, IN metro.
Mitchell home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Mitchell$186,597
- Indiana$257,165
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Mitchell listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Mitchell23.84%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Mitchell51
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Mitchell13
Zip codes with a Mitchell address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mitchell — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.