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Housing in Burton

A typical Burton home is worth roughly $244,000

Typical home value
$244K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,040
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,632
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Burton?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

95% of Burton households own their home

Half of Burton’s homes were built before 1980.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 6%

Illinois: 67% own.

1980
typical home built · IL 1971
$3,632
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.49%
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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$392,000
Typical Burton home $244K

That covers a typical Burton home, with $148K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,580
Loan $1,210Tax $300Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $540 less than owning.

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How Burton ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Burton’s typical property tax (1.49% 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 $1,040

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$1,040
3 bedrooms$1,300
4 bedrooms$1,470
6%
of households rent · IL 33%
15
renter households

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

Burton vs. its neighbors

Burton is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Burton$244K*—$1,040—$109,219
Liberty$251K+23.1%$1,010—$93,452
Gilmer$228K*—$1,140—$84,662
Payson$170K−0.3%$1,0100$62,041
Melrose$220K*+13.1%†$1,170—$84,464

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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