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Housing in Edgar

A typical Edgar home is worth roughly $158,000

Typical home value
$158K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,621
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Edgar?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$425,000
Typical Edgar home $158K

That covers a typical Edgar home, with $267K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$960
Loan $780Tax $140Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $30 less 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, Edgar’s typical property tax (1.03% 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 $930

Renters already here pay a median of $735, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630
1 bedroom$770
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,410
18%
of households rent · IL 33%
31
renter households
$735
median rent paid today · Census

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

82% of Edgar households own their home

Half of Edgar’s homes were built before 1958.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Illinois: 67% own.

1958
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,621
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.03%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
9%
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.

Next door

Edgar vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Edgar$158K*—$930$111,250
Paris$113K−0.2%$920$53,897
Hunter—−2.7%†$920—

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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