Housing in Pembroke

A typical Pembroke home is worth roughly $99,000

Typical home value

$99K

IL $298K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,130

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,567

IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Pembroke?

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

Your money goes further67% below the Illinois typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$114,000

Typical Pembroke home $99K

That covers a typical Pembroke home, with $15K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$650

Loan $490Tax $130Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $480 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

St. Anne$155K Lake$227K Ganeer$203K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Pembroke’s typical property tax (1.58% 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 $1,130

Renters already here pay a median of $774, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780

1 bedroom$860

2 bedrooms$1,130

3 bedrooms$1,490

4 bedrooms$1,500

29%

of households rent · IL 33%

165

renter households

66%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%

42%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$774

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

72% of Pembroke households own their home

Half of Pembroke’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters

Own 72%Rent 29%

Illinois: 67% own.

1977

typical home built · IL 1971

$1,567

median property tax bill · IL $5,298

1.58%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Pembroke vs. its neighbors

Pembroke is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Lake$227K Ganeer$203K St. Anne$155K Pembroke$99K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Pembroke	$99K*	—	$1,130	$32,153
St. Anne	$155K	−1.7%	$1,130	$90,000
McClellan	—	+5.9%†	$1,040	$73,750
Lake	$227K*	+10.7%†	$1,180	$83,005
Ganeer	$203K*	+2.5%†	$1,250	$65,208

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.