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Housing in Esmen

A typical Esmen home is worth roughly $165,000

Typical home value
$165K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,110
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,973
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Esmen?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Esmen

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Esmen home $165K

That covers a typical Esmen home, with $115K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,140
Loan $820Tax $280Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,110 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, 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

77% of Esmen households own their home

Half of Esmen’s homes were built before 1953.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Illinois: 67% own.

1953
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,973
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 $1,110

Renters already here pay a median of $1,075.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$850
2 bedrooms$1,110
3 bedrooms$1,380
4 bedrooms$1,460
23%
of households rent · IL 33%
18
renter households
$1,075
median rent paid today · Census

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

Esmen vs. its neighbors

Esmen is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Esmen$165K*—$1,110$88,250
Amity$167K*—$990$87,768
Odell$178K+5.2%$1,220$86,750
Pontiac$162K+10.4%$1,020$65,286

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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