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Housing in Copley

A typical Copley home is worth roughly $142,000

Typical home value
$142K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,435
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Copley?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Copley

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Copley home $142K

That covers a typical Copley home, with $138K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$980
Loan $700Tax $240Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $20 less 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

90% of Copley households own their home

Half of Copley’s homes were built before 1981.

Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 10%

Illinois: 67% own.

1981
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,435
median property tax bill · IL $5,298

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 $960

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$730
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,250
4 bedrooms$1,280
10%
of households rent · IL 33%
2
renter households

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

Copley vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Copley$142K*—$960$92,031
Sparta$108K*—$960$69,028
Persifer$279K*—$1,020$73,906
Walnut Grove$142K*—$990$57,917
Knox$143K*−9.3%†$940$82,353

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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