A typical Bear Grove home is worth roughly $133,000
Home prices around Bear Grove have risen about 22% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Bear Grove?
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What it takes to buy in Bear Grove
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That covers a typical Bear Grove home, with $149K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $60 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bear Grove’s typical property tax (1.94% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 22% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Bear Grove rose 22% over the past 5 years, slower than across Illinois (47%). Last year prices fell 3.5%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Bear Grove, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $1,731.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Bond County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
72% of Bear Grove households own their home
Half of Bear Grove’s homes were built before 1962.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Bear Grove vs. its neighbors
Bear Grove is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Grove | $133K* | −3.5%† | $970 | — | — |
| Shafter | $291K* | −3.5%† | $940 | — | $93,125 |
| Seminary | $194K* | — | $990 | — | $39,617 |
| Vandalia | $133K | −4.2% | $920 | — | $50,709 |
| Mulberry Grove | $168K | +8.7% | $1,060 | — | $56,901 |
| Mulberry Grove | $89K* | — | $1,090 | 0 | $57,386 |
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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.