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Housing in North Fork

A typical North Fork home is worth roughly $74,000

Typical home value
$74K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,677
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is North Fork?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in North Fork

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical North Fork home $74K

That covers a typical North Fork home, with $206K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$510
Loan $370Tax $120Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $460 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $438, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,370
13%
of households rent · IL 33%
20
renter households
$438
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

87% of North Fork households own their home

Half of North Fork’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

Illinois: 67% own.

1972
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,677
median property tax bill · IL $5,298

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

Next door

North Fork vs. its neighbors

North Fork is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
North Fork$74K*—$970$68,906
Equality$85K*—$940$60,779
East Eldorado$88K*−3.2%†$970$51,125
Ridgway$85K*—$950$51,667
Cottage—−1.2%†$930—

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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