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Housing in Harrison

A typical Harrison home is worth roughly $176,000

Home prices around Harrison have risen about 47% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$176K
▲ 15.9% in a year · IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,680
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Harrison?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 47% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Harrison rose 47% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Illinois. Last year prices rose 16%.

Harrison areaIllinois
0%+50%+100%200020052010201520202025
+16%
past year
+47%
past 5 years
+54%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Harrison, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$301,000
Typical Harrison home $176K

That covers a typical Harrison home, with $125K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,060
Loan $870Tax $140Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $140 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Harrison’s typical property tax (0.95% 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 $915.

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%
107
renter households
$915
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

68% of Harrison households own their home

Half of Harrison’s homes were built before 1970.

Owners and renters
Own 68%Rent 33%

Illinois: 67% own.

1970
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,680
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
0.95%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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

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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. 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.

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