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Housing in Blackberry

A typical Blackberry home is worth roughly $531,000

Home prices around Blackberry have risen about 51% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$531K
▲ 4.6% in a year · IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$10,001
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Blackberry?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.4 years of income

About the same as across Illinois. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$509,000
Typical Blackberry home $531K

That’s $22K short of a typical Blackberry home.

The typical home, each month
$3,800
Loan $2,630Tax $1,010Insurance $150

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,990 a month here, $1,810 less than owning.

How Blackberry ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Blackberry’s typical property tax (2.29% 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

1 of Blackberry’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Blackberry’s homes were built before 2002.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 10%

Illinois: 67% own.

2002
typical home built · IL 1971
$10,001
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.29%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
1%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Blackberry

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Price trend

Home prices up 51% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Blackberry rose 51% over the past 5 years, faster than across Illinois (47%). Last year prices rose 4.6%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Blackberry home at roughly $531,000 today.

Blackberry areaIllinois
−50%0%+50%+100%200020052010201520202025
+4.6%
past year
+51%
past 5 years
+73%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $531K.

How Blackberry ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Blackberry, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,990

Renters already here pay a median of $1,809, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,650
1 bedroom$1,760
2 bedrooms$1,990
3 bedrooms$2,560
4 bedrooms$2,960
10%
of households rent · IL 33%
608
renter households
64%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
15%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,809
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, 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.

Next door

Blackberry vs. its neighbors

Blackberry is the 2nd priciest of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Blackberry$531K*+4.6%†$1,990—$156,494
Sugar Grove$460K+4.2%$1,540—$125,078
Kaneville$411K*+2.7%†$2,080—$132,750
Campton$490K*+4.4%†$2,450—$181,066
Batavia$470K+5.4%$1,730—$131,798
Geneva$553K+6.9%$2,080—$141,890
North Aurora$407K+5.3%$2,01061$114,305

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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