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Housing in Arrington

A typical Arrington home is worth roughly $155,000

Typical home value
$155K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,822
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Arrington?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Arrington

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Arrington home $155K

That covers a typical Arrington home, with $125K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,070
Loan $770Tax $260Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $100 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $691, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,170
4 bedrooms$1,620
12%
of households rent · IL 33%
18
renter households
$691
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

88% of Arrington households own their home

Half of Arrington’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

Illinois: 67% own.

1978
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,822
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Arrington vs. its neighbors

Arrington is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Arrington$155K*—$970$48,056
Orel$110K*—$1,020$48,542
Big Mound$97K*—$940$34,943

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.

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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.

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