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Housing in Havana

A typical Havana home is worth roughly $95,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$95K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,979
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Havana?

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

★ What stands out · 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
$137,000
Typical Havana home $95K

That covers a typical Havana home, with $42K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$660
Loan $470Tax $160Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $260 more than owning.

How Havana ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Havana’s typical property tax (2.08% 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 $625, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630
1 bedroom$700
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,270
4 bedrooms$1,530
25%
of households rent · IL 33%
308
renter households
74%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
27%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$625
median rent paid today · Census

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.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Havana in 2025. The last year with any was 2013 (1 new home).

Single-family2+ homes per building
0246 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−338
New homes+4

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Havana's population fell by 338 even though 4 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013110$78,000
2012110$78,000
2011110$78,000
2010110$78,000
2009110$78,000
2008110$78,000
2007110$78,000
2006220$155,000
2005330$260,000
2004532$370,000
2003110$100,000
2002660$410,000
2001330$250,000
2000440$363,000

How Havana ranks on new homes being built →

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

75% of Havana households own their home

Half of Havana’s homes were built before 1957.

Owners and renters
Own 75%Rent 25%

Illinois: 67% own.

1957
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,979
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.08%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Havana vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Havana. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Havana$95K*—$9200$41,184
Waterford—+20.7%†$920—$62,000

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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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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