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Housing in Middlefork

A typical Middlefork home is worth roughly $128,000

Typical home value
$128K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,771
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Middlefork?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Middlefork home $128K

That covers a typical Middlefork home, with $160K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$820
Loan $630Tax $150Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $140 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Middlefork’s typical property tax (1.38% 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 $960

Renters already here pay a median of $785, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,160
4 bedrooms$1,270
18%
of households rent · IL 33%
82
renter households
17%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
15%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$785
median rent paid today · Census

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

82% of Middlefork households own their home

Half of Middlefork’s homes were built before 1965.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Illinois: 67% own.

1965
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,771
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.38%
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.

Next door

Middlefork vs. its neighbors

Middlefork is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Middlefork$128K*—$960$78,750
Butler$160K*—$1,000$64,375
Pilot$182K*—$1,100$116,250
South Ross$102K*—$1,020$78,977
Compromise$165K*—$980$96,328

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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