Housing in Salina

A typical Salina home is worth roughly $207,000

Typical home value

$207K

IL $298K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,310

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$4,948

IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Salina?

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

Your money goes further30% below the Illinois typical home.A town of owners92% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

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

You could afford about

$265,000

Typical Salina home $207K

That covers a typical Salina home, with $57K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,500

Loan $1,030Tax $410Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,310 a month here, $190 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Essex$297K Custer$297K Limestone$212K Limestone$240K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Salina’s typical property tax (2.39% 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

92% of Salina households own their home

Half of Salina’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters

Own 92%Rent 9%

Illinois: 67% own.

1971

typical home built · IL 1971

$4,948

median property tax bill · IL $5,298

2.39%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,310

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$940

1 bedroom$1,040

2 bedrooms$1,310

3 bedrooms$1,710

4 bedrooms$1,790

of households rent · IL 33%

renter households

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%

19%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Next door

Salina vs. its neighbors

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

Custer$297K Essex$297K Limestone$240K Limestone$212K Salina$207K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Salina	$207K*	—	$1,310	—	$82,357
Essex	$297K	+12.9%	$1,460	—	$100,962
Custer	$297K*	+9.3%†	$1,290	—	$121,771
Limestone	$212K*	+1.1%†	$1,240	0	$103,906
Limestone	$240K	+7.1%	$1,250	—	$112,258

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.