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Housing in Northeast

A typical Northeast home is worth roughly $143,000

Typical home value
$143K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,794
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Northeast?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$248,000
Typical Northeast home $143K

That covers a typical Northeast home, with $106K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$900
Loan $710Tax $150Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $50 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, Northeast’s typical property tax (1.26% 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

80% of Northeast households own their home

Half of Northeast’s homes were built before 1948.

Owners and renters
Own 80%Rent 20%

Illinois: 67% own.

1948
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,794
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.26%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $950

Renters already here pay a median of $760, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$650
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,170
4 bedrooms$1,330
20%
of households rent · IL 33%
63
renter households
33%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$760
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Northeast vs. its neighbors

Northeast is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Northeast$143K*—$950$67,292
Clayton$107K*—$1,040$65,682
Augusta$90K*—$920$44,500

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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