Bloomington housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Bloomington home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index put the value of a typical home in Bloomington, Indiana at $312,287 for September 2026, up +1.2% from a year earlier and the highest monthly figure on record.
- Typical value for a home
- $312,287September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +1.2%. Measured against September 2025.
Bloomington home prices since 2000
The grey line represents the United States, while the steel line represents Bloomington. A typical Bloomington home was worth $127,551 in August 2003 and stands at $312,287 now, ×2.45. The US rose ×2.34 over that period.
Median home price by year in Bloomington
Each yearly figure averages twelve monthly values; for 2026, the latest month is shown.
| Year | Bloomington | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | $131,784 | $169,891 | |
| 2005 | $137,842 | +4.6% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $140,326 | +1.8% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $142,505 | +1.6% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $144,573 | +1.5% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $147,941 | +2.3% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $150,136 | +1.5% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $146,056 | −2.7% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $146,669 | +0.4% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $151,140 | +3.0% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $156,298 | +3.4% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $160,632 | +2.8% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $168,429 | +4.9% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $178,512 | +6.0% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $191,215 | +7.1% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $206,277 | +7.9% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $223,020 | +8.1% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $253,226 | +13.5% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $282,640 | +11.6% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $290,405 | +2.7% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $299,367 | +3.1% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $307,938 | +2.9% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $312,287 | +1.2% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Bloomington in any year is worth today
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each yearly figure averages twelve monthly index values. The current value is September 2026. Other tools: home appreciation calculator.
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Bloomington housing market forecast
In the Bloomington, IN metro, Zillow's forecast shows +0.7% over the coming three months and +2.2% across the 12 months that begin September 2026. If that holds for Bloomington's typical value of $312,287, the figure a year later would be near $319,200.
Zillow's central forecast for the metro is repeated here; the site does not publish a forecast of its own. This sort of 12-month forecast has typically landed several percentage points away from the realised change, either way. Nothing here is investment advice.
All metro forecasts sit in a single table: housing market forecast.
Bloomington housing market crash risk score
62 out of 100, high
Five conditions that ran high before earlier price falls are what the score uses to rank Bloomington against the 292 cities. Each input sits between 0 and 100 once compared with the other cities, and the five scores are averaged with equal weight. It shows current conditions and does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +28.4% | 79 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | +30.4% | 88 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 14.8 | 25 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 6.2 | 74 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +1.2% | 45 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. The scoring method: methodology. Rankings for all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
Bloomington inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Bloomington, IN metro recorded 629 homes for sale, +10.8% compared with a year before and +28.4% compared with the same month of 2019. 24.8% of listings came down in price, and the median time to sell was 73 days (+30.4% against 2019).
| Bloomington, IN metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 629 | +10.8% |
| New listings | 190 | |
| Median days on market | 73 | +19.7% |
| Median list price | $359,675 | −4.6% |
| Share with a price cut | 24.8% |
Metro inventory: Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. All metros, broken down by city: days on market.
Living costs and rent in Bloomington
In Bloomington, the typical monthly asking rent is $1,763 per the Zillow Observed Rent Index, up +2.0% over a year. The cost of the typical home equals 14.8 years of that rent. Based on median household income of $50,545 (Census ACS 2024), the typical home costs 6.2 times a year's income. The BEA gives the metro a price index of 95.1, compared with a US average of 100, and a housing cost index of 85.6.
Other Indiana housing markets
- Indianapolis at $227,445.
- Fort Wayne $245,193
- Evansville at $203,571.
See the state overall: Indiana housing market.
How to read this chart
Every point shows the Zillow Home Value Index for Bloomington, smoothed and seasonally adjusted: a typical home in the market's middle third, priced in the dollars of that month. On the slider, the hollow dot shows the selected month, while the terracotta dot marks the latest month. The figures do not account for inflation. An index tracks the typical home rather than a particular house; use the card above or the home appreciation calculator to work out one home's value from its sale price.