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Housing in Avena

A typical Avena home is worth roughly $96,000

Typical home value
$96K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,345
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Avena?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$186,000
Typical Avena home $96K

That covers a typical Avena home, with $90K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$620
Loan $480Tax $110Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $310 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, Avena’s typical property tax (1.40% 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 $930

Renters already here pay a median of $749, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,310
17%
of households rent · IL 33%
73
renter households
30%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
22%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$749
median rent paid today · Census

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

83% of Avena households own their home

Half of Avena’s homes were built before 1967.

Owners and renters
Own 83%Rent 17%

Illinois: 67% own.

1967
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,345
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.40%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Avena vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Avena$96K*—$930$51,023
Loudon$186K*—$980$56,927
Mound$135K*+19.3%†$1,050$75,313

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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