A typical Carlinville home is worth roughly $126,000
The median sale price was $99,000 in May 2026.
Only 4 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Carlinville?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.2 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.2 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Carlinville home, with $71K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $60 more than owning.
How Carlinville ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Carlinville’s typical property tax (1.94% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 29% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Carlinville rose 29% over the past 5 years, slower than across Illinois (47%). Last year prices rose 5.9%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Carlinville home at roughly $126,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $126K.
How Carlinville ranks on rising home prices →
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Carlinville, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $920
Renters already here pay a median of $824, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Macoupin County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
3 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Carlinville in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 0.5 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Illinois (1.6). Over the past 10 years, Carlinville has permitted 10 homes in all.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 3 | 3 | 0 | $850,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $850,000 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $687,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $541,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $275,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $259,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $195,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $441,000 |
How Carlinville ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
64% of Carlinville households own their home
Half of Carlinville’s homes were built before 1960.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
On the market in Carlinville
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Carlinville buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.