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Housing in Field

A typical Field home is worth roughly $159,000

Typical home value
$159K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,809
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Field?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$264,000
Typical Field home $159K

That covers a typical Field home, with $105K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$990
Loan $790Tax $150Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $0 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Field’s typical property tax (1.13% 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 Field households own their home

Half of Field’s homes were built before 1995.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

Illinois: 67% own.

1995
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,809
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.13%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$770
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,220
4 bedrooms$1,400
13%
of households rent · IL 33%
5
renter households
100%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Field vs. its neighbors

Field is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Field$159K*—$990$70,284
Farrington$117K*—$940$81,250
Rome$144K*—$970$61,964
Mount Vernon$133K+6.7%$1,050$56,971
Haines$115K*—$1,020$73,580

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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