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Housing in Osco

A typical Osco home is worth roughly $185,000

Typical home value
$185K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,170
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,885
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Osco?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Osco

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Osco home $185K

That covers a typical Osco home, with $95K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,280
Loan $920Tax $310Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,170 a month here, $110 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.

The homes

91% of Osco households own their home

Half of Osco’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 91%Rent 9%

Illinois: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,885
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,170

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$830
1 bedroom$940
2 bedrooms$1,170
3 bedrooms$1,530
4 bedrooms$1,850
9%
of households rent · IL 33%
15
renter households

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

Next door

Osco vs. its neighbors

Osco is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Osco$185K*—$1,170$110,119
Western$179K*+0.2%†$1,080$99,355
Munson—+7.6%†$1,180—
Andover$196K*—$1,170$67,917
Edford$297K*+7.7%†$1,150$101,125
Lynn$248K*—$990$77,500

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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