Best Places to Live in West Central Indiana

West Central Indiana spans nine counties with very different character: Montgomery (Crawfordsville) offers small-town affordability, Boone (Zionsville/Whitestown/Lebanon) offers Indianapolis-suburb luxury and growth, Tippecanoe (Lafayette/West Lafayette) is a Purdue University college-town market, and Hendricks (Plainfield/Avon/Danville) offers the shortest Indianapolis commute. Parke, Fountain, Vermillion, and Warren counties are more rural, with Putnam offering a middle ground of […]

Montgomery County Housing Market Update — August 2026

As a Certified Appraiser, I look at market data differently than most agents — I'm not just watching what's listed, I'm watching what things are actually worth. Here's where Montgomery County stood heading into August. The Numbers Zillow's home value index put the average Crawfordsville home value at $230,345 as of the end of July, […]