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Housing in Rock Run

A typical Rock Run home is worth roughly $165,000

Typical home value
$165K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,210
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,771
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Rock Run?

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

★ 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
$294,000
Typical Rock Run home $165K

That covers a typical Rock Run home, with $129K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,180
Loan $820Tax $310Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,210 a month here, $30 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Rock Run’s typical property tax (2.29% 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

87% of Rock Run households own their home

Half of Rock Run’s homes were built before 1952.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

Illinois: 67% own.

1952
typical home built · IL 1971
$3,771
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.29%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,210

Renters already here pay a median of $838, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$900
1 bedroom$920
2 bedrooms$1,210
3 bedrooms$1,500
4 bedrooms$1,750
13%
of households rent · IL 33%
98
renter households
30%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
16%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$838
median rent paid today · Census

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

Rock Run vs. its neighbors

Rock Run is the 3rd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Rock Run$165K*—$1,210$90,083
Dakota$156K*—$920$68,750
Pecatonica$242K+9.1%$1,310$81,012
Ridott$172K*—$1,070$83,214
Rock Grove$259K*—$1,170$99,500
Durand$224K+8.5%$1,170$67,396
Lancaster$154K*+11.5%†$920$91,250

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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