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Housing in Gladstone

A typical Gladstone home is worth roughly $133,000

Typical home value
$133K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,690
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Gladstone?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$241,000
Typical Gladstone home $133K

That covers a typical Gladstone home, with $108K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$840
Loan $660Tax $140Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $140 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, Gladstone’s typical property tax (1.27% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $1,258.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,310
4 bedrooms$1,380
23%
of households rent · IL 33%
59
renter households
$1,258
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

77% of Gladstone households own their home

Half of Gladstone’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Illinois: 67% own.

1974
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,690
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.27%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
7%
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.

Next door

Gladstone vs. its neighbors

Gladstone is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Gladstone$133K*—$980—$64,688
Oquawka$106K+0.5%$920—$54,682
Stronghurst$105K*—$930—$50,938
Burlington$129K+1.3%$1,08023$59,000

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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