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Housing in Fairhaven

A typical Fairhaven home is worth roughly $103,000

Typical home value
$103K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,100
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,120
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Fairhaven?

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
$245,000
Typical Fairhaven home $103K

That covers a typical Fairhaven home, with $142K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$720
Loan $510Tax $180Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100 a month here, $380 more 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, Fairhaven’s typical property tax (2.06% 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

87% of Fairhaven households own their home

Half of Fairhaven’s homes were built before 1947.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

Illinois: 67% own.

1947
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,120
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.06%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
1%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$880
1 bedroom$900
2 bedrooms$1,100
3 bedrooms$1,470
4 bedrooms$1,710
13%
of households rent · IL 33%
47
renter households

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

Fairhaven vs. its neighbors

Fairhaven is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Fairhaven$103K*—$1,100$72,981
Wysox$101K*—$970$66,641
York$162K*—$940$66,528
Clyde—−7.8%†$1,060$50,179

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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