A typical Mosquito home is worth roughly $251,000
What kind of housing town is Mosquito?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
93% of Mosquito households own their home
Half of Mosquito’s homes were built before 1938.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Mosquito
Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Mosquito home, with $29K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,470 a month here, $270 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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,470
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Decatur, IL MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Mosquito vs. its neighbors
Mosquito is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosquito | $251K* | — | $1,470 | $89,375 |
| Illiopolis | $144K | +9.1% | $1,020 | $83,000 |
| Niantic | $141K | +3% | $980 | $86,875 |
| Mount Auburn | $146K | +8.6% | $1,210 | $63,472 |
| Stonington | $129K | +2.6% | $1,100 | $70,074 |
| Blue Mound | $208K* | — | $1,300 | $77,083 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Mosquito buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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.