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Housing in Lowe

A typical Lowe home is worth roughly $159,000

Typical home value
$159K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,471
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Lowe?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$303,000
Typical Lowe home $159K

That covers a typical Lowe home, with $144K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,040
Loan $790Tax $210Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $90 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, Lowe’s typical property tax (1.56% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $950

Renters already here pay a median of $775, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,270
4 bedrooms$1,450
27%
of households rent · IL 33%
140
renter households
7%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
13%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$775
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Coles County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

74% of Lowe households own their home

Half of Lowe’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters
Own 74%Rent 27%

Illinois: 67% own.

1975
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,471
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.56%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Lowe vs. its neighbors

Lowe is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Lowe$159K*—$950$85,000
Lovington$173K+6.6%$980$60,476
Jonathan Creek$236K*+15.4%†$970$102,188
Garrett$166K*+2.7%†$980$69,643

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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