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Housing in Augusta

A typical Augusta home is worth roughly $90,000

Typical home value
$90K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$971
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Augusta?

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
$171,000
Typical Augusta home $90K

That covers a typical Augusta home, with $81K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$550
Loan $450Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $370 more 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, Augusta’s typical property tax (1.08% 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 $920

Renters already here pay a median of $617, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,140
4 bedrooms$1,290
20%
of households rent · IL 33%
45
renter households
$617
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Adams 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

80% of Augusta households own their home

Half of Augusta’s homes were built before 1956.

Owners and renters
Own 80%Rent 20%

Illinois: 67% own.

1956
typical home built · IL 1971
$971
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.08%
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.

Next door

Augusta vs. its neighbors

Augusta is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Augusta$90K*—$920$44,500
Chili$81K*—$930$64,000
St. Mary$65K*—$920$56,429
Northeast$143K*—$950$67,292

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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