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Housing in Carman

A typical Carman home is worth roughly $91,000

Typical home value
$91K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,321
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Carman?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Carman

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Carman home $91K

That covers a typical Carman home, with $189K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$630
Loan $450Tax $150Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $320 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Illinois 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

71% of Carman households own their home

Half of Carman’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 71%Rent 29%

Illinois: 67% own.

1979
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,321
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
22%
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 $950

Renters already here pay a median of $701, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$650
1 bedroom$720
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,290
4 bedrooms$1,340
29%
of households rent · IL 33%
51
renter households
$701
median rent paid today · Census

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

Carman vs. its neighbors

Carman is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Carman$91K*—$950——
Burlington$129K+1.3%$1,08023$59,000
Stronghurst$105K*—$930—$50,938
Gladstone$133K*—$980—$64,688
Lomax$85K*—$950—$48,750

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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