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Housing in Pleasant Ridge

A typical Pleasant Ridge home is worth roughly $261,000

Typical home value
$261K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,577
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Pleasant Ridge?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

94% of Pleasant Ridge households own their home

Half of Pleasant Ridge’s homes were built before 1948.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 6%

Illinois: 67% own.

1948
typical home built · IL 1971
$4,577
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 Pleasant Ridge

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Pleasant Ridge home $261K

That covers a typical Pleasant Ridge home, with $19K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,800
Loan $1,290Tax $440Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $870 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 $930

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,170
4 bedrooms$1,220
6%
of households rent · IL 33%
7
renter households

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

Pleasant Ridge vs. its neighbors

Pleasant Ridge is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Pleasant Ridge$261K*—$930$146,750
Saunemin$154K+20.1%$1,010$59,943
Forrest$180K+10.3%$960$86,196

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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