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Housing in English

A typical English home is worth roughly $200,000

Home prices around English have risen about 48% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$200K
▲ 10.2% in a year · IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,491
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is English?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 48% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around English rose 48% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Illinois. Last year prices rose 10%.

English areaIllinois
0%+50%+100%200020052010201520202025
+10%
past year
+48%
past 5 years
+59%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around English, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$331,000
Typical English home $200K

That covers a typical English home, with $131K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,340
Loan $990Tax $290Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $350 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, English’s typical property tax (1.75% 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

93% of English households own their home

Half of English’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Illinois: 67% own.

1983
typical home built · IL 1971
$3,491
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.75%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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 $990

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,270
4 bedrooms$1,480
7%
of households rent · IL 33%
13
renter households

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

Next door

English vs. its neighbors

English is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
English$200K*+10.2%†$990$94,881
Kane$151K*−17.4%†$1,040$54,688
Jersey$169K*+10.2%†$990$74,044
Otter Creek$171K*+3.8%†$990$63,125

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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