A typical Prairie home is worth roughly $122,000
Home prices around Prairie have risen about 48% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Prairie?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
What it takes to buy in Prairie
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That covers a typical Prairie home, with $158K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $90 more than owning.
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.
Home prices up 48% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Prairie rose 48% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Illinois. Last year prices rose 5.9%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Prairie, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Hancock County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
82% of Prairie households own their home
Half of Prairie’s homes were built before 1963.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Prairie vs. its neighbors
Prairie is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie | $122K* | +5.9%† | $930 | $43,917 |
| Montebello | $132K* | — | $980 | $59,966 |
| Carthage | $123K | +4.1% | $920 | $79,628 |
| Rock Creek | — | +5.7%† | $980 | $55,625 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Prairie buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.