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Housing in Greenbush

A typical Greenbush home is worth roughly $308,000

Typical home value
$308K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,584
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Greenbush?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

95% of Greenbush households own their home

Half of Greenbush’s homes were built before 1981.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

Illinois: 67% own.

1981
typical home built · IL 1971
$4,584
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.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Greenbush

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Greenbush home $308K

That’s $28K short of a typical Greenbush home.

The typical home, each month
$2,130
Loan $1,520Tax $520Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $1,210 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$700
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,390
5%
of households rent · IL 33%
13
renter households

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

Greenbush vs. its neighbors

Greenbush is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Greenbush$308K*—$920$94,609
Union$62K*—$920$53,523
Berwick$155K+0.4%$950$69,861

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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