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Housing in Bluffdale

A typical Bluffdale home is worth roughly $96,000

Typical home value
$96K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,070
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,443
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Bluffdale?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$251,000
Typical Bluffdale home $96K

That covers a typical Bluffdale home, with $155K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$620
Loan $470Tax $120Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $450 more 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, Bluffdale’s typical property tax (1.50% 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 $1,070

Renters already here pay a median of $547, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,070
3 bedrooms$1,290
4 bedrooms$1,500
15%
of households rent · IL 33%
28
renter households
$547
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Greene County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

1 of Bluffdale’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Bluffdale’s homes were built before 1971.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Illinois: 67% own.

1971
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,443
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.50%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
1%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Bluffdale

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Next door

Bluffdale vs. its neighbors

Bluffdale is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Bluffdale$96K*—$1,070$70,313
Carrollton$146K+5.3%$1,090$58,438
Kampsville$160K+4.5%$990$61,875

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. 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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