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Housing in Artesia

A typical Artesia home is worth roughly $141,000

Typical home value
$141K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,414
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Artesia?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$245,000
Typical Artesia home $141K

That covers a typical Artesia home, with $104K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$940
Loan $700Tax $200Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $10 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Artesia’s typical property tax (1.72% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

86% of Artesia households own their home

Half of Artesia’s homes were built before 1942.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Illinois: 67% own.

1942
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,414
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.72%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $950

Renters already here pay a median of $848, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$730
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,540
14%
of households rent · IL 33%
37
renter households
$848
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Artesia vs. its neighbors

Artesia is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Artesia$141K*—$950$70,000
Loda$253K+7.8%$980$94,464
Onarga$155K−2.1%$920$72,083
Pigeon Grove$139K*—$940$69,107
Ash Grove$184K*—$920$77,500
Lyman$70K*—$1,040$61,000

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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