Housing in Buffalo Prairie

A typical Buffalo Prairie home is worth roughly $217,000

Typical home value

$217K

IL $298K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,230

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$4,360

IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Buffalo Prairie?

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

Your money goes further27% below the Illinois typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1945.

★ 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

$364,000

Typical Buffalo Prairie home $217K

That covers a typical Buffalo Prairie home, with $147K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,500

Loan $1,080Tax $360Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,230 a month here, $270 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Drury$199K Andalusia$211K Edgington$181K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Buffalo Prairie’s typical property tax (2.01% 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

86% of Buffalo Prairie households own their home

Half of Buffalo Prairie’s homes were built before 1945.

Owners and renters

Own 86%Rent 15%

Illinois: 67% own.

1945

typical home built · IL 1971

$4,360

median property tax bill · IL $5,298

2.01%

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

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 $1,230

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$880

1 bedroom$1,000

2 bedrooms$1,230

3 bedrooms$1,600

4 bedrooms$1,930

15%

of households rent · IL 33%

renter households

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

Next door

Buffalo Prairie vs. its neighbors

Buffalo Prairie is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Buffalo Prairie$217K Andalusia$211K Drury$199K Edgington$181K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Buffalo Prairie	$217K*	—	$1,230	$107,656
Drury	$199K*	—	$1,150	$87,031
Andalusia	$211K	+1.3%	$1,270	$93,333
Edgington	$181K*	+10%†	$1,350	$85,203

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.