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Housing in Lyman

A typical Lyman home is worth roughly $70,000

Typical home value
$70K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,040
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,446
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Lyman?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$205,000
Typical Lyman home $70K

That covers a typical Lyman home, with $134K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$490
Loan $350Tax $120Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $550 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, Lyman’s typical property tax (2.06% 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

77% of Lyman households own their home

Half of Lyman’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Illinois: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,446
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.06%
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 $1,040

Renters already here pay a median of $1,260.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$1,040
3 bedrooms$1,420
4 bedrooms$1,500
23%
of households rent · IL 33%
31
renter households
$1,260
median rent paid today · Census

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

Lyman vs. its neighbors

Lyman is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Lyman$70K*—$1,040$61,000
Artesia$141K*—$950$70,000
Brenton$92K*—$940$44,375

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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