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Housing in Blair

A typical Blair home is worth roughly $189,000

Typical home value
$189K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$756
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Blair?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$259,000
Typical Blair home $189K

That covers a typical Blair home, with $71K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,050
Loan $930Tax $60Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $10 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Blair’s typical property tax (0.40% 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 Blair households own their home

Half of Blair’s homes were built before 1967.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Illinois: 67% own.

1967
typical home built · IL 1971
$756
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
0.40%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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 $1,060

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,360
4 bedrooms$1,530
8%
of households rent · IL 33%
25
renter households

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

Blair vs. its neighbors

Blair is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Blair$189K*—$1,060$61,964
Louisville$129K+12.6%$1,090$55,288
Larkinsburg$105K*—$920$74,464
Union$202K*—$940$84,000
Oskaloosa$150K*—$1,000$71,750

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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