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Housing in Round Grove

A typical Round Grove home is worth roughly $166,000

Home prices around Round Grove have risen about 63% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$166K
▲ 14.3% in a year · IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,390
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,063
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Round Grove?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 63% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Round Grove rose 63% over the past 5 years, faster than across Illinois (47%). Last year prices rose 14%.

Round Grove areaIllinois
0%+50%+100%200020052010201520202025
+14%
past year
+63%
past 5 years
+84%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Round Grove, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Round Grove

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Round Grove home $166K

That covers a typical Round Grove home, with $114K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,150
Loan $820Tax $280Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,390 a month here, $240 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, the Illinois typical property tax (2.01% 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

85% of Round Grove households own their home

Half of Round Grove’s homes were built before 1955.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Illinois: 67% own.

1955
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,063
median property tax bill · IL $5,298

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 $1,390

Renters already here pay a median of $957, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$970
1 bedroom$1,060
2 bedrooms$1,390
3 bedrooms$1,830
4 bedrooms$1,860
15%
of households rent · IL 33%
25
renter households
$957
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Round Grove vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Round Grove. Tap one to see its housing page.

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TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Round Grove$166K*+14.3%†$1,390$96,667
Dwight$211K+12%$1,350$70,313

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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