Housing in Brown

A typical Brown home is worth roughly $180,000

Typical home value

$180K

IL $298K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$3,123

IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Brown?

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

Your money goes further39% below the Illinois typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$317,000

Typical Brown home $180K

That covers a typical Brown home, with $137K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,200

Loan $890Tax $260Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $220 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

East Bend$306K Bellflower$154K Drummer$152K Fisher$238K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brown’s typical property tax (1.73% 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 $943.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820

1 bedroom$820

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,290

4 bedrooms$1,310

17%

of households rent · IL 33%

renter households

19%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%

13%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$943

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

83% of Brown households own their home

Half of Brown’s homes were built before 1973.

Owners and renters

Own 83%Rent 17%

Illinois: 67% own.

1973

typical home built · IL 1971

$3,123

median property tax bill · IL $5,298

1.73%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Brown vs. its neighbors

Brown is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

East Bend$306K Fisher$238K Brown$180K Bellflower$154K Drummer$152K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Brown	$180K*	—	$980	—	$91,429
East Bend	$306K*	+8.3%†	$1,040	—	$128,895
Bellflower	$154K	+1.2%	$1,060	—	$76,667
Drummer	$152K*	+19.2%†	$990	—	$51,497
Fisher	$238K	+9.2%	$980	35	$97,702

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.