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Housing in Bald Hill

A typical Bald Hill home is worth roughly $161,000

Typical home value
$161K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,144
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Bald Hill?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$363,000
Typical Bald Hill home $161K

That covers a typical Bald Hill home, with $203K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,020
Loan $790Tax $180Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $60 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, Bald Hill’s typical property tax (1.34% 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

92% of Bald Hill households own their home

Half of Bald Hill’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Illinois: 67% own.

1989
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,144
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.34%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $960

Renters already here pay a median of $495, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$730
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,180
4 bedrooms$1,380
8%
of households rent · IL 33%
17
renter households
$495
median rent paid today · Census

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

Bald Hill vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Bald Hill$161K*—$960$98,750
Blissville$177K*—$930$69,844
Elk Prairie$89K*—$950$51,914
Goode$91K*—$930$59,420

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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