Washington, Indiana.
Typical home $144,349 (+3.1% in a year). Washington, IN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$444 (+142%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,359 +3%
- $139,990$144,349 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $31,422 +28%
- $112,926$144,349 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.
- Washington$758
- Indiana$1,350
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Washington, IN rose 3.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Washington, Daviess County, Indiana
Washington is a city of 12,017 people in Daviess County. Half its households earn more than $50,331 a year and half less, against $68,503 across Daviess County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 55% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 45% are rented. Unemployment in Daviess County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Washington is a small city and the seat of Daviess County, in southwestern Indiana. It is home to a fairly young population for a town of its size, with a median age on the youthful side. Incomes run below the county's as a whole, and a good share of households live under the poverty line, though most homes are lived in by their owners.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and the building trades close behind. Among the largest workplaces in town are Daviess Community Hospital, Washington Community Schools and Olon Industries, a maker of wood cabinets. Few adults hold a four-year degree, most people have a short drive to work, and only a small number work from home.
Things to do. In town, the Indiana Theater is a local theatre worth a look. A short drive away is the Prairie Creek Site, an archaeological site. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to Pike State Forest, a protected area for walking and time outdoors, and to George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, a museum on the Wabash River. Winters here are cold with a little snow, summers are warm, and the year brings plenty of rain.
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- 4,925households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Daviess County had 13,307 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 67°. About 9 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Washington West weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington
- Daviess Community HospitalGeneral hospital373FTE
- True Rx Management Services - WashingtonClaims processing services, insurance, third-party305
- Washington Community SchoolsSchool district132FTE
- Eagle Railcar Services - Washington, IndianaLocomotive and rail car repair100
- Olon Industries Inc (US)Cabinets, wood, manufacturing98
- Developmental ServicesVocational rehabilitation agencies85
- Kroger Louisville KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores59
- Developmental ServicesRural bus services56
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 11 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 887 people in all. 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Washington’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 Daviess County and the Washington, IN metro.
Washington home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Washington$144,349
- Indiana$257,165
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Washington 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.
- Washington26.86%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Washington46
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Washington11
Zip codes with a Washington address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Washington — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.