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Housing in Roseville

A typical Roseville home is worth about $130,000

Down 0.7% in a year, 56% below the Illinois typical home.

Typical home value
$130K
▼ 0.7% in a year · IL $298K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,691
IL $5,298
What stands out

What stands out about housing in Roseville

Price trend

Up 16.1% in five years

Slower than Illinois (29.1%).

RosevilleIllinois
$50K$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryRosevilleIllinois
2017$96,000$181,000
2018$103,000$190,000
2019$103,000$195,000
2020$106,000$200,000
2021$108,000$215,000
2022$117,000$236,000
2023$119,000$248,000
2024$124,000$263,000
2025$128,000$278,000
2026$131,000$290,000
August 2026$130,000$298,000
Then & now

A typical Roseville home worth $97K in September 2016 is worth about $130K today.

+$33K
−0.7%
past year
+16.1%
past 5 years
+33.9%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$196,000
Typical Roseville home $130K

That covers a typical Roseville home, with $66K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$900
Loan $650Tax $210Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $70 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Roseville’s typical property tax (1.97% 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $859, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,220
4 bedrooms$1,630
28%
of households rent · IL 33%
102
renter households
$859
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Roseville in 2025. The last year with any was 2011 (1 new home).

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−97
New homes+1

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Roseville's population fell by 97 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011110$167,000
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006110$149,000
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

72% of Roseville households own their home

Half of Roseville’s homes were built before 1954.

Owners and renters
Own 72%Rent 28%

Illinois: 67% own.

1954
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,691
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.97%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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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