A typical Amity home is worth roughly $167,000
What kind of housing town is Amity?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 1.9 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Amity home, with $121K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $200 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Amity’s typical property tax (2.28% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $990
Renters already here pay a median of $973.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Livingston County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
83% of Amity households own their home
Half of Amity’s homes were built before 1965.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Amity vs. its neighbors
Amity is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amity | $167K* | — | $990 | $87,768 |
| Newtown | $216K* | — | $1,000 | $122,650 |
| Rooks Creek | $235K* | −1.1%† | $980 | $111,989 |
| Long Point | $176K | +15.1% | $960 | $122,614 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Amity buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. 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.