Housing · Mount Carroll

Mount Carroll, IL housing market

The typical Mount Carroll home is worth about $155,000, up 12.4% in a year, 48% below the Illinois typical home.

Home values, sales, trends and how Mount Carroll compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.

The market right now

Mount Carroll at a glance

Typical home value
$155K
▲ 12.4% in a year · Zillow
Ten-year trend

Typical home value, 2016–2026

Mount CarrollIllinois
$50K$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K 20182020202220242026 Mount Carroll $155K Illinois $298K
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JanuaryMount CarrollIllinois
2017$85,000$181,000
2018$87,000$190,000
2019$86,000$195,000
2020$91,000$200,000
2021$97,000$215,000
2022$105,000$236,000
2023$114,000$248,000
2024$118,000$263,000
2025$134,000$278,000
2026$150,000$290,000
August 2026$155,000$298,000
Nearby

Mount Carroll and its neighbors

The towns that share a border. Tap one to see its housing page.
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Mount Carroll $155K +12.4% $940 — $53,558
Mount Carroll — — $920 0 $58,500
Savanna $100K +13.5% $960 — $49,955
Affordability

2.9 years of income

The typical Mount Carroll home costs about 2.9 years of the town's median household income, less than across Illinois (3.6 years).

Home value ÷ ACS median household income.

The homes

Owners, rent & taxes

Homeownership
67.7%
Illinois: 67.1%
Median tax bill
$2,253
Illinois: $5,298
Median rent
$838
Illinois: $1,274
Typical home built
1958
Illinois: 1971

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $940

HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Mount Carroll is $940 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Mount Carroll pay a median of $838, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put. A two-bedroom takes about 21% of the town's median household income.

1 bedroom
$770
a month, with utilities
2 bedrooms
$940
a month, with utilities
3 bedrooms
$1,240
a month, with utilities
Share of income
21%
2 bedrooms ÷ median income

Studio $760 · 4 bedrooms $1,480

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (61053, 61074; Carroll County, IL), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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.

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