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Housing in Levan

A typical Levan home is worth roughly $248,000

Typical home value
$248K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,797
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Levan?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$355,000
Typical Levan home $248K

That covers a typical Levan home, with $107K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,530
Loan $1,230Tax $230Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $580 less 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, Levan’s typical property tax (1.13% 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

89% of Levan households own their home

Half of Levan’s homes were built before 1992.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Illinois: 67% own.

1992
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,797
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.13%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $950

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$650
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,250
4 bedrooms$1,260
11%
of households rent · IL 33%
25
renter households

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

Levan vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Levan$248K*—$950$94,000
Somerset$184K*+13.2%†$930$70,911
Sand Ridge$154K*—$920$49,390

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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