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Housing in Ash Grove

A typical Ash Grove home is worth roughly $184,000

Typical home value
$184K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,784
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Ash Grove?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Ash Grove home $184K

That covers a typical Ash Grove home, with $96K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,190
Loan $910Tax $230Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $270 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ash Grove’s typical property tax (1.52% 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

93% of Ash Grove households own their home

Half of Ash Grove’s homes were built before 1960.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Illinois: 67% own.

1960
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,784
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.52%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
6%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$700
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,140
4 bedrooms$1,490
7%
of households rent · IL 33%
17
renter households

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

Next door

Ash Grove vs. its neighbors

Ash Grove is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Ash Grove$184K*—$920—$77,500
Milford$120K+2.3%$920—$53,750
Artesia$141K*—$950—$70,000
Cissna Park$167K+3.9%$9200$56,667
Pigeon Grove$139K*—$940—$69,107

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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