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Housing in Ora

A typical Ora home is worth roughly $343,000

Typical home value
$343K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,020
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,592
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Ora?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

95% of Ora households own their home

Half of Ora’s homes were built before 1993.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

Illinois: 67% own.

1993
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,592
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.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Ora

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Ora home $343K

That’s $63K short of a typical Ora home.

The typical home, each month
$2,370
Loan $1,700Tax $570Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $1,350 less 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 $1,020

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,020
3 bedrooms$1,340
4 bedrooms$1,370
5%
of households rent · IL 33%
7
renter households

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

Ora vs. its neighbors

Ora is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Ora$343K*—$1,020$95,375
Vergennes$126K+6.4%$1,080$61,750
Levan$248K*—$950$94,000
Bradley$103K*—$940$70,781
Ava$184K+11%$970$55,368

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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