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Housing in Avoca

A typical Avoca home is worth roughly $276,000

Typical home value
$276K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$6,217
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Avoca?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

93% of Avoca households own their home

Half of Avoca’s homes were built before 1965.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Illinois: 67% own.

1965
typical home built · IL 1971
$6,217
median property tax bill · IL $5,298

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

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Avoca

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Avoca home $276K

That covers a typical Avoca home, with $4K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,910
Loan $1,370Tax $460Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $920 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 $990

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,290
4 bedrooms$1,300
7%
of households rent · IL 33%
8
renter households

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

Next door

Avoca vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Avoca$276K*—$990$128,100
Owego—+1.9%†$1,030$136,189
Eppards Point—−0.6%†$1,030$79,632
Indian Grove$164K*—$980$75,213
Saunemin$154K+20.1%$1,010$59,943

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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