A typical Leef home is worth roughly $200,000
What kind of housing town is Leef?
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A typical home costs 1.7 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Leef home, with $169K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $400 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Leef’s typical property tax (2.36% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
91% of Leef households own their home
Half of Leef’s homes were built before 1974.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (St. Louis, MO-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.
Leef vs. its neighbors
Leef is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leef | $200K* | — | $1,040 | $114,306 |
| Old Ripley | $209K* | — | $1,090 | $66,875 |
| Alhambra | $289K | +10.1% | $1,000 | $94,271 |
| Saline | $270K* | +4.9%† | $1,020 | $105,903 |
| New Douglas | $92K | −2.5% | $990 | $56,250 |
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.