A typical Cooper home is worth roughly $271,000
Home prices around Cooper have risen about 39% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Cooper?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Home prices up 39% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Cooper rose 39% over the past 5 years, slower than across Illinois (47%). Last year prices rose 7.9%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Cooper, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
2 of Cooper’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Cooper’s homes were built before 1992.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A typical home costs 2 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Cooper home, with $200K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,380 a month here, $450 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cooper’s typical property tax (1.79% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,380
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Springfield, IL MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Cooper vs. its neighbors
Cooper is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper | $271K* | +7.9%† | $1,380 | $136,354 |
| Mount Auburn | $146K | +8.6% | $1,210 | $63,472 |
| Buckhart | $141K* | +11.8%† | $1,000 | $97,746 |
| Rochester | $298K | +7.1% | $1,570 | $114,551 |
| Mechanicsburg | $214K | +10.8% | $1,150 | $74,453 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Cooper 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. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.