A typical Farm Ridge home is worth roughly $169,000
What kind of housing town is Farm Ridge?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.2 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Farm Ridge home, with $87K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $110 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Farm Ridge’s typical property tax (2.04% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
85% of Farm Ridge households own their home
Half of Farm Ridge’s homes were built before 1955.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060
Renters already here pay a median of $993.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (La Salle County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Farm Ridge vs. its neighbors
Farm Ridge is the 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Ridge | $169K* | — | $1,060 | $76,382 |
| Deer Park | — | +14.1%† | $1,010 | $91,429 |
| South Ottawa | $170K* | +7.8%† | $1,130 | $84,054 |
| Bruce | $94K* | +18%† | $970 | $53,477 |
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.