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Housing in Plum Hill

A typical Plum Hill home is worth roughly $175,000

Typical home value
$175K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,829
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Plum Hill?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Plum Hill

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Plum Hill home $175K

That covers a typical Plum Hill home, with $105K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,210
Loan $870Tax $290Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $240 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.

The homes

93% of Plum Hill households own their home

Half of Plum Hill’s homes were built before 1980.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 8%

Illinois: 67% own.

1980
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,829
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$860
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,300
4 bedrooms$1,370
8%
of households rent · IL 33%
3
renter households

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

Plum Hill vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Plum Hill$175K*—$970$101,167
Nashville$188K+7.2%$950$63,029
Oakdale$201K+14.3%$980$74,491
Okawville$181K+10.3%$930$84,792

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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