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Housing in Cave

A typical Cave home is worth roughly $113,000

Typical home value
$113K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,210
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,235
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Cave?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$239,000
Typical Cave home $113K

That covers a typical Cave home, with $126K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$700
Loan $560Tax $100Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,210 a month here, $510 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cave’s typical property tax (1.09% 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 $1,210

Renters already here pay a median of $674, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$840
1 bedroom$920
2 bedrooms$1,210
3 bedrooms$1,570
4 bedrooms$1,720
25%
of households rent · IL 33%
128
renter households
48%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
23%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$674
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

75% of Cave households own their home

Half of Cave’s homes were built before 1985.

Owners and renters
Own 75%Rent 25%

Illinois: 67% own.

1985
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,235
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.09%
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.

Next door

Cave vs. its neighbors

Cave is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Cave$113K*—$1,210$62,526
Eastern$132K*—$1,100$60,781
Frankfort$90K*+4.2%†$940$57,250

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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