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Housing in Meacham

A typical Meacham home is worth roughly $169,000

Typical home value
$169K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,345
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Meacham?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Meacham

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Meacham home $169K

That covers a typical Meacham home, with $111K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,170
Loan $840Tax $280Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $250 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Illinois typical property tax (2.01% 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 Meacham households own their home

Half of Meacham’s homes were built before 2011.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Illinois: 67% own.

2011
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,345
median property tax bill · IL $5,298

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 $920

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,490
0%
of households rent · IL 33%

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

Meacham vs. its neighbors

Meacham is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Meacham$169K*—$920—
Kinmundy$87K+13.7%$920$58,214
Oskaloosa$150K*—$1,000$71,750
La Clede$75K*—$920$48,125
Larkinsburg$105K*—$920$74,464
Alma$123K+4.1%$930$80,000

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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