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Housing in Flat Branch

A typical Flat Branch home is worth roughly $221,000

Typical home value
$221K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,227
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Flat Branch?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Flat Branch

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Flat Branch home $221K

That covers a typical Flat Branch home, with $58K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,530
Loan $1,100Tax $370Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $470 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, the Illinois typical property tax (2.01% 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

76% of Flat Branch households own their home

Half of Flat Branch’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 76%Rent 24%

Illinois: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · IL 1971
$3,227
median property tax bill · IL $5,298

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 $1,060

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,270
4 bedrooms$1,570
24%
of households rent · IL 33%
10
renter households

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

Next door

Flat Branch vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Flat Branch. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Flat Branch$221K*—$1,060$108,056
Moweaqua$170K+6.5%$1,150$66,765

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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