Home values, rents and more in Whiting, IN
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Whiting compares
The typical home in Whiting, IN is worth about $206,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Whiting are 42% below the typical value in the Chicago metro area ($356,000) and 44% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Whiting rose 1.2%, compared with +5.0% in the Chicago metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,293 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 40% below the Chicago metro area ($2,163) and 33% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $71,708, against $90,887 in the Chicago metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 4,532 people live in Whiting (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Whiting has the 36th-lowest typical home value of the 326 cities in the Chicago metro area and the 189th-lowest of 581 in Indiana with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lake County, IN · Chicago metro area · Indiana
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.