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Housing in Quiver

A typical Quiver home is worth roughly $88,000

Typical home value
$88K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,784
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Quiver?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$253,000
Typical Quiver home $88K

That covers a typical Quiver home, with $164K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$610
Loan $440Tax $150Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $450 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Quiver’s typical property tax (2.02% 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 $1,060

Renters already here pay a median of $952, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,470
4 bedrooms$1,760
18%
of households rent · IL 33%
41
renter households
$952
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Mason County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

82% of Quiver households own their home

Half of Quiver’s homes were built before 1970.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Illinois: 67% own.

1970
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,784
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.02%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Quiver vs. its neighbors

Quiver is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Quiver$88K*—$1,060$75,208
Havana$94K+11.8%$930$58,125
Liverpool—+18.4%†$920$63,365
Waterford—+20.7%†$920$62,000
Spring Lake$159K*+30.9%†$920$86,685
Forest City$88K+8.1%$1,050$71,715
Manito$116K*+31.7%†$960$68,942

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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