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Housing in Christy

A typical Christy home is worth roughly $83,000

Typical home value
$83K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$673
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Christy?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$296,000
Typical Christy home $83K

That covers a typical Christy home, with $213K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$490
Loan $410Tax $60Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $430 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Christy ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Christy’s typical property tax (0.81% 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 $920

Renters already here pay a median of $719, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630
1 bedroom$700
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,100
4 bedrooms$1,320
21%
of households rent · IL 33%
94
renter households
39%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
15%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$719
median rent paid today · Census

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

79% of Christy households own their home

Half of Christy’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters
Own 79%Rent 21%

Illinois: 67% own.

1971
typical home built · IL 1971
$673
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
0.81%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Christy vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Christy. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Christy$83K*—$920$75,417
Bridgeport$97K−11.5%$940$51,696

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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