In this policy brief, we focus on the uniformity of property tax assessment in the state and whether trends indicate that assessment is becoming more uniform over time. Data presented here indicate that overall property tax assessment uniformity is improving—property assessed values are moving closer to sale prices.

Produced for the Indiana Association of REALTORS.

Related Work:

• Assessment Quality: Sales Ratio Analysis of Residential Properties in Indiana. 2015.

Tags: housing and real estate, taxes, indiana

CBER director and economist Michael Hicks examines the tariffs proposed by the Trump Administration and estimates their effect on the Indiana economy, considering both the industry and workers.

Tags: taxes, trade, employment, international, sectors and industry clusters

The annual Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card evaluates the health of the manufacturing and logistics industries in each state and additional factors ranging from human capital to expected fiscal liability. This annual piece is created for Conexus Indiana, a state initiative to improve manufacturing and logistics. Released at the annual State of Manufacturing and Logistics event.

View the interactive project website: https://conexus.cberdata.org 

Tags: manufacturing, transportation and logistics

This study seeks to clarify data and growth projections concerning population in Muncie and Delaware County, Indiana using primary source data. 

We also include memorandum from CBER Director Michael J. Hicks, addressing the impetus for this study.

Tags: population growth and migration, east central indiana

In this report, we calculate the preliminary economic impact of the statewide Regional Cities Initiative, designed for sustainable community growth in Indiana's 92 counties.

Tags: economy, indiana, employment, population growth and migration