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Housing in Sand Prairie

A typical Sand Prairie home is worth roughly $153,000

Typical home value
$153K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,933
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Sand Prairie?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$232,000
Typical Sand Prairie home $153K

That covers a typical Sand Prairie home, with $79K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,050
Loan $760Tax $240Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $80 less 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, Sand Prairie’s typical property tax (1.91% 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 $810, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,350
27%
of households rent · IL 33%
116
renter households
14%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$810
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

73% of Sand Prairie households own their home

Half of Sand Prairie’s homes were built before 1965.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 27%

Illinois: 67% own.

1965
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,933
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.91%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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

Next door

Sand Prairie vs. its neighbors

Sand Prairie 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
Sand Prairie$153K*—$970$67,500
Manito$116K*+31.7%†$960$68,942
Dillon$257K*—$990$89,688
Cincinnati$179K*+9.5%†$960$83,712

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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