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Housing in Grand Tower Township

A typical Grand Tower Township home is worth roughly $52,000

Typical home value
$52K
IL $263K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Grand Tower Township?

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 (3.2 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$121,000
Typical Grand Tower Township home $52K

That covers a typical Grand Tower Township home, with $70K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$360
Loan $260Tax $90Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $560 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, 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Renters already here pay a median of $682, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,210
33%
of households rent · IL 33%
41
renter households
$682
median rent paid today · Census

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

67% of Grand Tower Township households own their home

Half of Grand Tower Township’s homes were built before 1957.

Owners and renters
Own 67%Rent 33%

Illinois: 67% own.

1957
typical home built · IL 1971

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Grand Tower Township vs. its neighbors

Grand Tower Township is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Grand Tower Township$52K*—$920$36,458
Pomona Township$190K+6.5%$920$53,365
Sand Ridge Township$154K*—$920$49,390

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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