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Housing in Lima

A typical Lima home is worth roughly $196,000

Typical home value
$196K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,867
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Lima?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$170,000
Typical Lima home $196K

That’s $27K short of a typical Lima home.

The typical home, each month
$1,270
Loan $970Tax $240Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $210 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, Lima’s typical property tax (1.46% 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

95% of Lima households own their home

Half of Lima’s homes were built before 1949.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

Illinois: 67% own.

1949
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,867
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.46%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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 $1,060

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,320
4 bedrooms$1,470
5%
of households rent · IL 33%
16
renter households

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

Lima vs. its neighbors

Lima is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Lima$196K*—$1,060—$47,000
Mendon$211K+12%$1,130—$76,048
Ursa$206K+21.7%$1,110—$67,083
Canton$202K+8.6%$8904$55,357
Keene$93K*—$1,040—$69,135

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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