Housing in Roberts

A typical Roberts home is worth roughly $158,000

Typical home value

$158K

IL $298K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$920

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,469

IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Roberts?

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

Your money goes further47% below the Illinois typical home.A town of owners91% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$314,000

Typical Roberts home $158K

That covers a typical Roberts home, with $156K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,040

Loan $780Tax $210Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $120 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Hopewell$204K Evans$142K Magnolia$181K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Roberts’s typical property tax (1.56% 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

91% of Roberts households own their home

Half of Roberts’s homes were built before 1968.

Owners and renters

Own 91%Rent 9%

Illinois: 67% own.

1968

typical home built · IL 1971

$2,469

median property tax bill · IL $5,298

1.56%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Renters already here pay a median of $833, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670

1 bedroom$750

2 bedrooms$920

3 bedrooms$1,200

4 bedrooms$1,340

of households rent · IL 33%

renter households

$833

median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Roberts vs. its neighbors

Roberts is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Hopewell$204K Magnolia$181K Roberts$158K Evans$142K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Roberts	$158K*	—	$920	$87,721
Hopewell	$204K	−2%	$960	$107,561
Evans	$142K*	—	$920	$70,202
Magnolia	$181K*	—	$940	$85,625

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.

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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.