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August 28, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Chesterton, IN Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

What homes actually sell for in Chesterton: a median closing price of $372,450 across 262 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread.

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Chesterton, IN Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

If you invest in or around Chesterton, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Chesterton sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 12 months: 262
  • Median sold price, last 12 months: $372,450
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $171
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $280,000 and $480,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 262 closed sales in Chesterton over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $372,450. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $280,000 and $480,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 82% of the Chesterton closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 258 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $140 and $221 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Chesterton, IN (September 2026)

The median home price in Chesterton is $372,450, measured across the 262 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $280,000 and $480,000.

Where Chesterton sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Chesterton
Closed sale prices over the last 12 months. Middle half of sales: $280k to $480k
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$165k to $229k: 21 sales$165k$229k to $294k: 49 sales49sales$294k to $358k: 38 sales$294k$358k to $423k: 44 sales$423k to $487k: 34 sales$423k$487k to $551k: 24 sales$551k to $616k: 9 sales$551k$616k to $680k: 14 salesMedian $372k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Chesterton over the last 12 months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $280,000 and $480,000. Among the 55 Indiana markets with a published band, Chesterton's middle-half spread ($280,000 to $480,000) ranks 34th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 54th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Chesterton monthly medians for the complete months inside the last 12 months, Oct 2025 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 11 months plotted.
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Oct 2025: $174 per square foot across 40 sales$174OctNov 2025: $170 per square foot across 21 sales$170Dec 2025: $181 per square foot across 21 sales$181DecJan 2026: $188 per square foot across 16 sales$188Feb 2026: $147 per square foot across 12 sales$147FebMar 2026: $158 per square foot across 10 sales$158Apr 2026: $158 per square foot across 24 sales$158AprMay 2026: $148 per square foot across 20 sales$148Jun 2026: $170 per square foot across 28 sales$170JunJul 2026: $180 per square foot across 29 sales$180Aug 2026: $167 per square foot across 17 sales$167Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 23 days, across 195 Chesterton closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 32 days, across 210 Chesterton closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 262 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Chesterton angle

Chesterton gave us 262 tracked closings over the last 12 months, a median closed sale price of $372,450, and a middle half between $280,000 and $480,000. The spread and the count are both close to typical for the markets we track, so this page is a fair representation of an ordinary suburban market rather than an unusual one. The band tilts upward, with more of it above $372,450 than below, which points to a stronger tier of stock trading alongside the ordinary one. Work out which tier your subject sits in before you compare it to any citywide number.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Chesterton address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Chesterton, IN
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1812412
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 262
Median sold price: $372,450
Median sold $/sqft: $171 (258 qualifying)
Property mix: 82% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Chesterton over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Chesterton?

The median sold price in Chesterton over the last 12 months is $372,450, measured across 262 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Chesterton last month?

Resideline tracked 17 closed sales in Chesterton in August 2026, out of 262 closings tracked over the last 12 months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Chesterton?

The middle half of Chesterton sales over the last 12 months closed between $280,000 and $480,000, with a median of $372,450.

What is the typical price per square foot in Chesterton?

Among qualifying Chesterton closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $171, measured across 258 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Is there more than one Chesterton market to price against?

The shape of the band suggests so: the ground above the median runs longer than the ground below it, which is what happens when a stronger tier of housing trades alongside a mainstream one. The spread itself is close to typical for the markets we track, so this is a mild tilt rather than a split market. For pricing, the useful step is to decide which tier your subject belongs to and to draw closings from that tier. The citywide midpoint then works as a check that you picked the right one.

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