A typical Kent home is worth roughly $220,000
What kind of housing town is Kent?
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A typical home costs 3.8 years of income
About the same as across Illinois. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $20K short of a typical Kent home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $530 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Kent’s typical property tax (1.68% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Jo Daviess County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
75% of Kent households own their home
Half of Kent’s homes were built before 1963.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Kent vs. its neighbors
Kent is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | $220K* | — | $930 | — | $57,228 |
| Erin | — | +10.9%† | $920 | — | $84,688 |
| Lena | $213K | +10.1% | $920 | 0 | $72,663 |
| West Point | $159K* | +10.7%† | $930 | — | $79,476 |
| Loran | $197K* | — | $920 | — | $73,000 |
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.