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Housing in Hillyard

A typical Hillyard home is worth roughly $95,000

Typical home value
$95K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,875
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Hillyard?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Hillyard

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Hillyard home $95K

That covers a typical Hillyard home, with $185K to spare.

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

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $350 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 $1,010

Renters already here pay a median of $282, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$770
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,570
27%
of households rent · IL 33%
33
renter households
$282
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Macoupin County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

73% of Hillyard households own their home

Half of Hillyard’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 27%

Illinois: 67% own.

1976
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,875
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
11%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Hillyard vs. its neighbors

Hillyard is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Hillyard$95K*—$1,010$43,636
Polk—+5.9%†$960$83,864
Gillespie$101K−10.3%$940$80,833
Shipman$87K−10.3%$1,000$98,125
Bunker Hill$185K−1.4%$1,030$104,167

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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