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Housing in Joppa

A typical Joppa home is worth roughly $45,000

Typical home value
$45K
IL $263K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$542
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Joppa?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Joppa

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Joppa home $45K

That covers a typical Joppa home, with $235K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$310
Loan $220Tax $80Insurance $10

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $740 more than owning.

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 $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $754, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$850
1 bedroom$860
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,460
4 bedrooms$1,530
38%
of households rent · IL 33%
27
renter households
$754
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Massac 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

62% of Joppa households own their home

Half of Joppa’s homes were built before 1963.

Owners and renters
Own 62%Rent 38%

Illinois: 67% own.

1963
typical home built · IL 1971
$542
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
8%
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.

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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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