Housing in Pendleton

A typical Pendleton home is worth roughly $110,000

Typical home value

$110K

IL $298K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$950

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,677

IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Pendleton?

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

Your money goes further63% below the Illinois typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about

$208,000

Typical Pendleton home $110K

That covers a typical Pendleton home, with $98K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$710

Loan $540Tax $140Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $240 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Dahlgren$109K Webber$119K Dodds$111K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Pendleton’s typical property tax (1.53% 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 $950

Renters already here pay a median of $625, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700

1 bedroom$730

2 bedrooms$950

3 bedrooms$1,180

4 bedrooms$1,320

20%

of households rent · IL 33%

renter households

29%

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

20%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$625

median rent paid today · Census

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.

The homes

80% of Pendleton households own their home

Half of Pendleton’s homes were built before 1986.

Owners and renters

Own 80%Rent 20%

Illinois: 67% own.

1986

typical home built · IL 1971

$1,677

median property tax bill · IL $5,298

1.53%

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

Pendleton vs. its neighbors

Pendleton is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Webber$119K Dodds$111K Pendleton$110K Dahlgren$109K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Pendleton	$110K*	—	$950	$58,056
Dahlgren	$109K*	—	$920	$66,641
Webber	$119K*	—	$950	$59,241
Dodds	$111K*	+3.3%†	$1,030	$62,025

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.