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Housing in New Haven

A typical New Haven home is worth roughly $61,000

Typical home value
$61K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$641
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is New Haven?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in New Haven

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical New Haven home $61K

That covers a typical New Haven home, with $219K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$420
Loan $300Tax $100Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $500 more 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Renters already here pay a median of $490, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630
1 bedroom$700
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,100
4 bedrooms$1,310
27%
of households rent · IL 33%
32
renter households
$490
median rent paid today · Census

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

73% of New Haven households own their home

Half of New Haven’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 27%

Illinois: 67% own.

1976
typical home built · IL 1971
$641
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

New Haven vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with New Haven. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
New Haven$61K*—$920$36,250
Emma—+1.8%†$940$60,227

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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