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Housing in Rush

A typical Rush home is worth roughly $154,000

Typical home value
$154K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,080
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,186
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Rush?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Rush

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Rush home $154K

That covers a typical Rush home, with $126K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,060
Loan $760Tax $260Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $20 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

1 of Rush’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Rush’s homes were built before 1941.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 64%Rent 36%

Illinois: 67% own.

1941
typical home built · IL 1971
$3,186
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
Historic houses in Rush

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080

Renters already here pay a median of $1,106.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$900
2 bedrooms$1,080
3 bedrooms$1,440
4 bedrooms$1,440
36%
of households rent · IL 33%
62
renter households
$1,106
median rent paid today · Census

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

Rush vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Rush$154K*—$1,080$75,278
Thompson$330K*—$1,140$108,750
Stockton$161K+8.4%$1,020$54,241
Warren$122K+3%$1,010$77,188

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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