Guest, Sign inJoin
Housing in Brooklyn

A typical Brooklyn home is worth roughly $118,000

Typical home value
$118K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,190
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,088
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Brooklyn?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$222,000
Typical Brooklyn home $118K

That covers a typical Brooklyn home, with $105K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$790
Loan $580Tax $170Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190 a month here, $400 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, Brooklyn’s typical property tax (1.78% 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

69% of Brooklyn households own their home

Half of Brooklyn’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 69%Rent 32%

Illinois: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,088
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.78%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
4%
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 $1,190

Renters already here pay a median of $1,120.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820
1 bedroom$1,040
2 bedrooms$1,190
3 bedrooms$1,650
4 bedrooms$1,820
32%
of households rent · IL 33%
66
renter households
$1,120
median rent paid today · Census

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

Brooklyn vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Brooklyn$118K*—$1,190$63,846
Wyoming$180K*—$1,250$68,750
Mendota$147K*+10%†$1,030$58,333

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.

On the market in Brooklyn

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

Neighbors talk housing

What Brooklyn buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Is Brooklyn still affordable for young families?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start the conversation

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.

Post to Brooklyn

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in