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Housing in Evans

A typical Evans home is worth roughly $142,000

Typical home value
$142K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,589
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Evans?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$241,000
Typical Evans home $142K

That covers a typical Evans home, with $100K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$960
Loan $700Tax $220Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $40 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, Evans’s typical property tax (1.83% 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 $920

Renters already here pay a median of $866.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,400
31%
of households rent · IL 33%
191
renter households
47%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
16%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$866
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

69% of Evans households own their home

Half of Evans’s homes were built before 1958.

Owners and renters
Own 69%Rent 31%

Illinois: 67% own.

1958
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,589
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.83%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Evans vs. its neighbors

Evans is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Evans$142K*—$920$70,202
Hope$121K*—$1,040$95,625
Roberts$158K*—$920$87,721
Bennington$125K*—$950$70,608

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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