A typical Harrisburg home is worth roughly $93,000
Home prices around Harrisburg have risen about 27% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Harrisburg?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.1 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Harrisburg home, with $58K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $300 more than owning.
How Harrisburg ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Harrisburg’s typical property tax (1.70% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $920
Renters already here pay a median of $760, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pope County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home prices up 27% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Harrisburg rose 27% over the past 5 years, slower than across Illinois (47%). Last year prices fell 1%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Harrisburg home at roughly $93,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $93K.
How Harrisburg ranks on rising home prices →
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Harrisburg, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
62% of Harrisburg households own their home
Half of Harrisburg’s homes were built before 1968.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Harrisburg vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Harrisburg. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg | $93K* | −1%† | $920 | — | $43,415 |
| Muddy | — | — | $920 | 0 | — |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Harrisburg buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.