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Housing in Bowdre

A typical Bowdre home is worth roughly $110,000

Typical home value
$110K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,866
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Bowdre?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$235,000
Typical Bowdre home $110K

That covers a typical Bowdre home, with $125K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$730
Loan $550Tax $160Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $230 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, Bowdre’s typical property tax (1.69% 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

87% of Bowdre households own their home

Half of Bowdre’s homes were built before 1949.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

Illinois: 67% own.

1949
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,866
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.69%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
11%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $960

Renters already here pay a median of $954.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$870
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,300
4 bedrooms$1,330
13%
of households rent · IL 33%
35
renter households
$954
median rent paid today · Census

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

Bowdre vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Bowdre$110K*—$960—$67,321
Sargent—−15%†$930—$180,074
Camargo$196K+9.7%$960—$76,791
Arcola$169K+9.7%$940—$87,942
Morgan—−2.5%†$990—$90,385
Seven Hickory—+0.6%†$990—$100,515
Murdock——$9400$66,481

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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