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Housing in Linder

A typical Linder home is worth roughly $169,000

Home prices around Linder have risen about 10% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$169K
▼ 16.9% in a year · IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,080
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,719
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Linder?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 10% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Linder rose 10% over the past 5 years, slower than across Illinois (47%). Last year prices fell 17%.

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−17%
past year
+10%
past 5 years
+15%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Linder, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 1.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$567,000
Typical Linder home $169K

That covers a typical Linder home, with $398K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,030
Loan $840Tax $140Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $50 more 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, Linder’s typical property tax (1.02% 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

100% of Linder households own their home

Half of Linder’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Illinois: 67% own.

1978
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,719
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.02%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
3%
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 $1,080

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,080
3 bedrooms$1,300
4 bedrooms$1,510
0%
of households rent · IL 33%

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

Linder vs. its neighbors

Linder is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Linder$169K*−16.9%†$1,080$148,036
Rockbridge$102K*—$1,020$76,731
Carrollton$146K+5.3%$1,090$58,438
Kane$151K*−17.4%†$1,040$54,688

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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