A typical Northern home is worth roughly $130,000
What kind of housing town is Northern?
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What it takes to buy in Northern
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That covers a typical Northern home, with $150K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $70 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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $646, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Franklin County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
75% of Northern households own their home
Half of Northern’s homes were built before 1982.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Northern vs. its neighbors
Northern is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern | $130K* | — | $970 | $81,719 |
| Knight Prairie | $95K* | +1.2%† | $930 | $94,500 |
| Eastern | $132K* | — | $1,100 | $60,781 |
| Ewing | $161K | +13.6% | $1,020 | $74,073 |
| Spring Garden | $105K* | — | $950 | $65,750 |
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.