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Housing in Lively Grove

A typical Lively Grove home is worth roughly $236,000

Typical home value
$236K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,789
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Lively Grove?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Lively Grove

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You could afford about
$294,000
Typical Lively Grove home $236K

That covers a typical Lively Grove home, with $58K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,560
Loan $1,170Tax $320Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $570 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, Lively Grove’s typical property tax (1.60% 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

91% of Lively Grove households own their home

Half of Lively Grove’s homes were built before 1987.

Owners and renters
Own 91%Rent 9%

Illinois: 67% own.

1987
typical home built · IL 1971
$3,789
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.60%
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 $990

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,510
9%
of households rent · IL 33%
19
renter households

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.

Next door

Lively Grove vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Lively Grove$236K*—$990—
Oakdale$201K+14.3%$980$74,491
Marissa$113K−1.5%$990$68,250

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.

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