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Housing in Big Spring

A typical Big Spring home is worth roughly $213,000

Typical home value
$213K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,225
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Big Spring?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

100% of Big Spring households own their home

Half of Big Spring’s homes were built before 1992.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Illinois: 67% own.

1992
typical home built · IL 1971
$3,225
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.52%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
9%
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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$308,000
Typical Big Spring home $213K

That covers a typical Big Spring home, with $96K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,380
Loan $1,050Tax $270Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $390 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, Big Spring’s typical property tax (1.52% 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$680
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,180
4 bedrooms$1,570
0%
of households rent · IL 33%

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

Big Spring vs. its neighbors

Big Spring is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2014Median income
Big Spring$213K*—$990—$86,367
Ash Grove$161K*—$940—$101,167
Sigel$167K*—$930—$103,125
Neoga$179K+6.9%$9900$88,667
Prairie$144K*—$1,050—$68,333

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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