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Housing in Pleasant View

A typical Pleasant View home is worth roughly $142,000

Typical home value
$142K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,400
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,096
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Pleasant View?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$238,000
Typical Pleasant View home $142K

That covers a typical Pleasant View home, with $96K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,000
Loan $700Tax $260Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,400 a month here, $400 more 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, Pleasant View’s typical property tax (2.18% 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 $1,400

Renters already here pay a median of $950, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,080
1 bedroom$1,120
2 bedrooms$1,400
3 bedrooms$1,800
4 bedrooms$2,220
14%
of households rent · IL 33%
58
renter households
45%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
23%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$950
median rent paid today · Census

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

86% of Pleasant View households own their home

Half of Pleasant View’s homes were built before 1962.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Illinois: 67% own.

1962
typical home built · IL 1971
$3,096
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.18%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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

Next door

Pleasant View vs. its neighbors

Pleasant View is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Pleasant View$142K*—$1,400$71,908
Blue Mound$208K*—$1,300$77,083
South Macon$119K*—$1,080$77,734

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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