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Housing in Rockbridge

A typical Rockbridge home is worth roughly $102,000

Typical home value
$102K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,020
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,961
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Rockbridge?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$262,000
Typical Rockbridge home $102K

That covers a typical Rockbridge home, with $161K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$700
Loan $500Tax $160Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $320 more 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, Rockbridge’s typical property tax (1.93% 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 $1,020

Renters already here pay a median of $863, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$1,020
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,460
22%
of households rent · IL 33%
100
renter households
40%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
16%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$863
median rent paid today · Census

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

78% of Rockbridge households own their home

Half of Rockbridge’s homes were built before 1966.

Owners and renters
Own 78%Rent 22%

Illinois: 67% own.

1966
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,961
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.93%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
1%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Rockbridge vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Rockbridge$102K*—$1,020—$76,731
Linder$169K*−16.9%†$1,080—$148,036
Greenfield$123K+3.6%$1,0600$71,250
Kane$151K*−17.4%†$1,040—$54,688
Jersey$169K*+10.2%†$990—$74,044

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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