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Housing in Nixon

A typical Nixon home is worth roughly $111,000

Typical home value
$111K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,080
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,323
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Nixon?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$214,000
Typical Nixon home $111K

That covers a typical Nixon home, with $103K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$780
Loan $550Tax $190Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $300 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Nixon’s typical property tax (2.09% 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

89% of Nixon households own their home

Half of Nixon’s homes were built before 1951.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Illinois: 67% own.

1951
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,323
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.09%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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 $1,080

Renters already here pay a median of $950, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$1,080
3 bedrooms$1,310
4 bedrooms$1,800
11%
of households rent · IL 33%
6
renter households
$950
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Champaign-Urbana, IL HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Nixon vs. its neighbors

Nixon is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Nixon$111K*—$1,080$63,523
Goose Creek$95K*—$1,050$59,417
De Witt—−4.4%†$1,170$101,250
Creek—+1%†$1,050—
Friends Creek$136K*—$1,230$89,766
Willow Branch$300K*—$1,110$88,929

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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