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Carmel, IN

City evidence stays city-level. County, metro and national records appear separately to explain the wider market without changing the city figures.

City gross yield3.8%ZORI × 12 ÷ ZHVI · before costs
Direct city rent answer

What does rent cost in Carmel, IN?

The latest city-level Zillow ZORI for Carmel is $1,854 per month in 2026-06. It measures a typical asking-rent market across rental types—not an arithmetic average or an address-level rent estimate.

City Zillow ZORI$1,8542026-06 · up 3.5% year over year
City ACS gross rent$1,712ACS 2024 5-year occupied-renter survey
HUD two-bedroom context$1,473Hamilton County administrative standard
How to read the rent answer for Carmel
MeasureCurrent valueGeographyMeasurement boundary
Zillow ZORI$1,854Carmel cityTypical observed asking-rent index; not a unit quote.
Census ACS gross rent$1,712Carmel citySurvey estimate for occupied renter homes, including specified utilities.
HUD 2BR FMR$1,473Hamilton CountyAdministrative bedroom standard; wider context, never substituted as city rent.

For a property decision, match bedroom count, condition, utilities, concessions, lease timing and nearby comparable listings. Wider county and metro evidence below stays explicitly labelled.Zillow pulled 2026-07-29

City market snapshot

Four figures that frame the city

Typical home value
$582k
▲ 4.4% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · 2026-06
Observed market rent
$1,854
▲ 3.5% year over year
Zillow ZORI · 2026-06
Entry affordability
4.1x
home value ÷ household income
Zillow + Census ACS
Population
101,651
▲ 4.3% between ACS vintages
ACS 2024 5-year
Current measured evidence

Use the source-dated charts while the narrative is refreshed

The city facts below remain available because they are generated directly from the current public records. The written interpretation will return only after it matches the same evidence set.

Housing system

Market movement and the stock underneath it

Five-year path

Price and rent, rebased to 100

ZHVI +34.1%ZORI +28.4%
13411595202120222023202420252026
Each series starts at 100 so their direction can be compared without pretending that a home value and a monthly rent share the same unit.
Housing stock

Tenure and vacancy

ACS
25.7%RENTER
Owner occupied74.3%
Renter occupied25.7%
Vacant units6.0%

Median structure year 1998

Tenure uses occupied units; vacancy uses all housing units.
Measurement matrix

Two sources, two different questions

SourceHome valueMonthly rent
Zillow market index$582.4K$1.9K
ACS occupied housing$486.8K$1.7K
Zillow measures current market indexes. ACS reports surveyed owner value and gross rent for occupied housing. The rows are context, not interchangeable estimates.
Direct local rental evidence

Recent leases and rental-market liquidity in Carmel, IN

These Apartment List observations match the exact city Census code 1810342. They are kept separate from Zillow asking rent, Census occupied-home rent and wider metro measures.

Direct recent-lease rent history

Monthly overall-rent index; missing observations are not filled from another geography.

$1,694$1,560$1,4262021-082026-07
Recent-lease rent$1,6162026-07 · -2.0% year over year
Rental vacancyn/an/a
Time on marketn/an/a
Direct city depth

Households and housing form behind the medians

Median household income$142k

Annual ACS household measure.

Rent-to-income screen15.7%

Annual ZORI divided by ACS median income.

ACS rent burden43.5%

Renters paying at least 30% of household income toward gross rent.

Average household size2.63

People per occupied housing unit.

Single-family stock75.5%

Detached and attached one-unit structures.

Large multifamily stock9.2%

Housing in structures with 20 or more units.

Vacant and for rent37.3%

Share of vacant units listed by ACS as for rent, not a market vacancy rate.

Unemployment2.7%

Share of the civilian labor force.

Poverty3.9%

ACS population for whom poverty status is determined.

These are citywide context measures. They cannot tell you the rent, vacancy, expenses or tenant demand for a particular neighborhood or property.
Closest market alternatives

Three useful contrasts, not a synthetic winner

The peer set broadens the decision without mixing geographies. Price, rent and housing characteristics remain city-level for every place.

Comparable market profile

Entry price, rent and gross yield

Carmel, INBloomington, INWest Lafayette, INLongmont, CO
Typical home valueZillow ZHVICarmel$582.4KBloomington$321.5KWest Lafayette$374.6KLongmont$557.6KObserved market rentZillow ZORI / monthCarmel$1.9KBloomington$1.4KWest Lafayette$1.8KLongmont$2KGross yieldZORI × 12 ÷ ZHVICarmel3.8%Bloomington5.4%West Lafayette5.9%Longmont4.2%
Bars begin at zero within each measure. Gross yield is a screening ratio before financing, taxes, insurance, vacancy, maintenance or management costs.
Same state01

Bloomington, IN

Compared with Carmel, typical home value is $261k lower, monthly rent is $411 lower, and gross yield is 1.6 percentage points higher.

Rent burden 30%+
64.4%
Renter share
65.3%
One-unit stock
43.2%
20+ unit stock
16.8%
Same state02

West Lafayette, IN

Compared with Carmel, typical home value is $208k lower, monthly rent is $13 lower, and gross yield is 2.1 percentage points higher.

Rent burden 30%+
73.1%
Renter share
70.6%
One-unit stock
34.0%
20+ unit stock
29.7%
Closest data profile03

Longmont, CO

Compared with Carmel, typical home value is $25k lower, monthly rent is $107 higher, and gross yield is 0.4 percentage points higher.

Rent burden 30%+
60.7%
Renter share
37.5%
One-unit stock
68.1%
20+ unit stock
10.9%

These are analytical alternatives, not recommendations. The structural measures come from Census ACS; price and rent use the Zillow releases shown on each card and in the source ledger below.

Wider market context

What surrounds the city without being mistaken for it

The layers below answer different questions. County records describe listing, migration, financing and hazard conditions around the city; metro records describe jobs, supply and permits; the mortgage rate is national.

Same measure, wider boundary

City marker against intersecting counties

CityCounty range
Typical home value$471.2K$471.2K$582.4KObserved market rent$1.8K$1.8K$1.9K
Both levels use Zillow indexes, but the county records cover land and housing outside the city. The comparison supplies context; it does not replace the city value.
Same Zillow index families

City limits versus the linked metro

CarmelMetro
Observed market rentMetro $1.6KCity $1.9K · +19.0%Typical home valueMetro $297.4KCity $582.4K · +95.9%Gross yieldMetro 6.3%City 3.8% · -39.3%
Zillow ZORI and ZHVI use the same release month at both boundaries. Gross yield is rent × 12 ÷ home value; the metro contains the city and is context, not a substitute.

Search all direct city–metro gaps in the interactive atlas.

COUNTY LAYER

The intersecting county

This boundary extends beyond the city and is shown only as context.

2026-06
Active listings
854
Listing DOM
40 days
FHFA one-year
▲ 4.8%
Net migration
1,101
Investor share
8.0%
Effective property tax
0.88%
Top hazard
inland flooding
Expected loss ratio
0.12%
METRO LAYER

Indianapolis, IN

Open metro analysis →
Job growth▼ 0.4%12m to 2026-06
Permitted units13,9182026 YTD through M06
Permits / 1,0006.5broader metro population
Months of supply1.82026-05-01
Median DOM19 daysRedfin metro tracker
Price drops43.1%Redfin metro tracker
Wider-context figures are not inputs to the city gross yield and are never used to fill a missing city price, rent or ACS measure.
Sources and geography

What belongs to this city page

Census recognizes this as Carmel city. The place intersects Hamilton County.