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Housing in Alvan (Alvin)

A typical Alvan (Alvin) home is worth about $166,000

Up 5.4% in a year, 44% below the Illinois typical home.

Typical home value
$166K
▲ 5.4% in a year · IL $298K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$1,030
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Alvan (Alvin)?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Alvan (Alvin)

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Alvan (Alvin) home $166K

That covers a typical Alvan (Alvin) home, with $114K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,150
Loan $820Tax $280Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $120 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Illinois typical property tax (2.01% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Up 12.2% in five years

Slower than Illinois (29.1%).

Alvan (Alvin)Illinois
$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K202220242026
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JanuaryAlvan (Alvin)Illinois
2022$161,000$236,000
2023$161,000$248,000
2024$158,000$263,000
2025$158,000$278,000
2026$165,000$290,000
August 2026$166,000$298,000
Then & now

A typical Alvan (Alvin) home worth $147K in February 2021 is worth about $166K today.

+$19K
+5.4%
past year
+12.2%
past 5 years
+12.7%
since 2021

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$1,030
3 bedrooms$1,250
4 bedrooms$1,380

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Vermilion County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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