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Housing in Bainbridge

A typical Bainbridge home is worth roughly $121,000

Typical home value
$121K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,469
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Bainbridge?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Bainbridge

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Bainbridge home $121K

That covers a typical Bainbridge home, with $159K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$840
Loan $600Tax $200Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $80 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, 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 $920

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,120
4 bedrooms$1,340
14%
of households rent · IL 33%
27
renter households

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

86% of Bainbridge households own their home

Half of Bainbridge’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Illinois: 67% own.

1978
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,469
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
3%
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.

Next door

Bainbridge vs. its neighbors

Bainbridge is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Bainbridge$121K*—$920$68,750
Beardstown$90K−7%$940$60,576
Rushville$138K+1.2%$920$53,993

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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