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Housing in Jasper

A typical Jasper home is worth roughly $114,000

Typical home value
$114K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,129
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Jasper?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$219,000
Typical Jasper home $114K

That covers a typical Jasper home, with $106K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$770
Loan $560Tax $180Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 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, Jasper’s typical property tax (1.88% 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

95% of Jasper households own their home

Half of Jasper’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

Illinois: 67% own.

1975
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,129
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.88%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $930

Renters already here pay a median of $800, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,110
4 bedrooms$1,560
5%
of households rent · IL 33%
19
renter households
0%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$800
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Jasper vs. its neighbors

Jasper is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Jasper$114K*—$930$63,864
Grover$98K*—$920$42,267
Lamard$110K*—$1,020$69,471

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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