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Housing in Persifer

A typical Persifer home is worth roughly $279,000

Typical home value
$279K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,020
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,634
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Persifer?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

98% of Persifer households own their home

Half of Persifer’s homes were built before 1995.

Owners and renters
Own 98%Rent 2%

Illinois: 67% own.

1995
typical home built · IL 1971
$4,634
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.66%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
30%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.8 years of income

About the same as across Illinois. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$261,000
Typical Persifer home $279K

That’s $19K short of a typical Persifer home.

The typical home, each month
$1,850
Loan $1,380Tax $390Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $830 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, Persifer’s typical property tax (1.66% 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$770
1 bedroom$770
2 bedrooms$1,020
3 bedrooms$1,330
4 bedrooms$1,340
2%
of households rent · IL 33%
4
renter households
0%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Persifer vs. its neighbors

Persifer is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Persifer$279K*—$1,020$73,906
Truro$128K*—$920$86,417
Knox$143K*−9.3%†$940$82,353
Orange$307K*—$1,130$82,426

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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