A typical Equality home is worth roughly $85,000
What kind of housing town is Equality?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 1.4 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Equality home, with $141K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $940 a month here, $400 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Equality’s typical property tax (1.24% 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 $940
Renters already here pay a median of $428, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Gallatin County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 of Equality’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Equality’s homes were built before 1960.
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.
Equality vs. its neighbors
Equality is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equality | $85K* | — | $940 | $60,779 |
| Gold Hill | $87K* | — | $940 | $50,481 |
| Cottage | — | −1.2%† | $930 | — |
| East Eldorado | $88K* | −3.2%† | $970 | $51,125 |
| Mountain | — | −1%† | $930 | $112,841 |
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 Equality 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. 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.