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Housing in Norton

A typical Norton home is worth roughly $166,000

Typical home value
$166K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,350
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,856
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Norton?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$259,000
Typical Norton home $166K

That covers a typical Norton home, with $92K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,110
Loan $820Tax $240Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,350 a month here, $240 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, Norton’s typical property tax (1.72% 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

92% of Norton households own their home

Half of Norton’s homes were built before 1955.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Illinois: 67% own.

1955
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,856
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.72%
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 $1,350

Renters already here pay a median of $1,000, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$940
1 bedroom$1,030
2 bedrooms$1,350
3 bedrooms$1,770
4 bedrooms$1,810
8%
of households rent · IL 33%
28
renter households
$1,000
median rent paid today · Census

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

Norton vs. its neighbors

Norton is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Norton$166K*—$1,350$74,063
Pilot$215K*+0.6%†$1,300$92,222
Essex$297K+12.9%$1,460$100,962

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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