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Housing in Hope

A typical Hope home is worth roughly $121,000

Typical home value
$121K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,040
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,929
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Hope?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$309,000
Typical Hope home $121K

That covers a typical Hope home, with $187K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$880
Loan $600Tax $240Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $160 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, Hope’s typical property tax (2.41% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

86% of Hope households own their home

Half of Hope’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Illinois: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,929
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.41%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
3%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040

Renters already here pay a median of $975.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$1,040
3 bedrooms$1,390
4 bedrooms$1,640
14%
of households rent · IL 33%
30
renter households
$975
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Hope vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Hope$121K*—$1,040$95,625
Magnolia$181K*—$940$85,625
Richland—+18%†$990$90,500
Evans$142K*—$920$70,202
Eden$135K*+11.1%†$980$81,786

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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