Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 47917 Ambia, IN $142,178 $945 5.18% 9.9%
2 47909 Lafayette, IN $281,724 $1,640 4.54% 6.0%
3 47921 Boswell, IN $172,009 $999 4.53% 8.9%
4 47904 Lafayette, IN $188,704 $1,092 4.52% 8.2%
5 47991 West Lebanon, IN $154,159 $864 4.37% 7.7%
6 47906 West Lafayette, IN $370,461 $1,857 3.91% 5.3%
7 47918 Attica, IN $194,038 $945 3.80% 7.0%
8 47901 Lafayette, IN $251,621 $1,180 3.66% 3.8%
9 47926 Burnettsville, IN $197,705 $918 3.62% 6.4%
10 47942 Earl Park, IN $191,411 $864 3.52% 7.6%
11 46923 Delphi, IN $236,532 $1,065 3.51% 7.1%
12 47944 Fowler, IN $210,009 $945 3.51% 8.4%
13 47905 Lafayette, IN $298,176 $1,300 3.40% 6.4%
14 47970 Otterbein, IN $220,778 $945 3.34% 6.5%
15 46915 Burlington, IN $203,537 $864 3.31% 6.7%
16 47971 Oxford, IN $224,535 $945 3.28% 8.6%
17 46917 Camden, IN $214,862 $882 3.20% 6.4%
18 46929 Flora, IN $211,405 $864 3.19% 6.9%
19 47993 Williamsport, IN $225,583 $909 3.14% 6.8%
20 47932 Covington, IN $227,060 $864 2.97% 4.5%
21 47960 Monticello, IN $244,019 $909 2.91% 5.6%
22 47975 Pine Village, IN $254,522 $945 2.90% 6.8%
23 47981 Romney, IN $330,283 $1,053 2.49% 5.6%
24 46913 Bringhurst, IN $282,511 $891 2.46% 7.2%
25 46920 Cutler, IN $305,089 $936 2.39% 8.3%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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