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Housing in Kelly

A typical Kelly home is worth roughly $96,000

Typical home value
$96K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,157
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Kelly?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Kelly

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Kelly home $96K

That covers a typical Kelly home, with $184K to spare.

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

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $290 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 $950

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,220
4 bedrooms$1,520
24%
of households rent · IL 33%
52
renter households

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

The homes

76% of Kelly households own their home

Half of Kelly’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters
Own 76%Rent 24%

Illinois: 67% own.

1972
typical home built · IL 1971
$4,157
median property tax bill · IL $5,298

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

Next door

Kelly vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Kelly$96K*—$950$125,405
Henderson$200K*+6.8%†$930$72,116
North Henderson$174K+14.2%$990$73,167
Spring Grove$110K*—$950$79,250

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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