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Housing in Casner

A typical Casner home is worth roughly $136,000

Typical home value
$136K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,040
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,765
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Casner?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$219,000
Typical Casner home $136K

That covers a typical Casner home, with $83K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$940
Loan $670Tax $230Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $100 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Casner’s typical property tax (2.03% 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

89% of Casner households own their home

Half of Casner’s homes were built before 1991.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 12%

Illinois: 67% own.

1991
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,765
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.03%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
2%
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 $1,040

Renters already here pay a median of $977.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,040
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,390
12%
of households rent · IL 33%
24
renter households
$977
median rent paid today · Census

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

Casner vs. its neighbors

Casner is the least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Casner$136K*—$1,040$65,313
Shiloh$149K*+5.2%†$1,050$70,031
Grand Prairie$174K*+2.6%†$1,010$85,893
Blissville$177K*—$930$69,844
Ashley$148K+17.5%$920$73,125
Rome$144K*—$970$61,964

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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