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Housing in Bois D'Arc

A typical Bois D'Arc home is worth roughly $133,000

Typical home value
$133K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,198
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Bois D'Arc?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$248,000
Typical Bois D'Arc home $133K

That covers a typical Bois D'Arc home, with $115K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$960
Loan $660Tax $270Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $20 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bois D'Arc’s typical property tax (2.41% 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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $764, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$770
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,360
17%
of households rent · IL 33%
65
renter households
$764
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Montgomery 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 Bois D'Arc’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Bois D'Arc’s homes were built before 1968.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 84%Rent 17%

Illinois: 67% own.

1968
typical home built · IL 1971
$3,198
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.41%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
Historic houses in Bois D'Arc

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

Bois D'Arc vs. its neighbors

Bois D'Arc is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Bois D'Arc$133K*—$980$77,063
Harvel$158K+10.7%$920$93,611
Farmersville$169K+9.5%$950$63,750
Pawnee$189K+10.5%$1,080$79,150
Divernon$157K+11.3%$1,130$76,971
Virden$125K+1.6%$1,010$83,795

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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