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Housing in Farrington

A typical Farrington home is worth roughly $117,000

Typical home value
$117K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$940
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,348
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Farrington?

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
$305,000
Typical Farrington home $117K

That covers a typical Farrington home, with $188K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$730
Loan $580Tax $110Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $940 a month here, $210 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, Farrington’s typical property tax (1.15% 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

97% of Farrington households own their home

Half of Farrington’s homes were built before 1993.

Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 3%

Illinois: 67% own.

1993
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,348
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.15%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
6%
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 $940

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$720
2 bedrooms$940
3 bedrooms$1,140
4 bedrooms$1,280
3%
of households rent · IL 33%
5
renter households

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

Farrington vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Farrington$117K*—$940$81,250
Webber$119K*—$950$59,241
Field$159K*—$990$70,284
Mount Vernon$133K+6.7%$1,050$56,971

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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