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Housing in Sangamon

A typical Sangamon home is worth roughly $303,000

Typical home value
$303K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,140
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$5,047
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Sangamon?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

92% of Sangamon households own their home

Half of Sangamon’s homes were built before 1992.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Illinois: 67% own.

1992
typical home built · IL 1971
$5,047
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.67%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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

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
$426,000
Typical Sangamon home $303K

That covers a typical Sangamon home, with $123K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$2,010
Loan $1,500Tax $420Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,140 a month here, $870 less than owning.

How Sangamon ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sangamon’s typical property tax (1.67% 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 $1,140

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$960
1 bedroom$960
2 bedrooms$1,140
3 bedrooms$1,460
4 bedrooms$1,510
8%
of households rent · IL 33%
69
renter households
64%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
11%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Champaign-Urbana, 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

Sangamon vs. its neighbors

Sangamon is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Sangamon$303K*—$1,140$120,771
Scott$210K*—$1,290$101,875
Blue Ridge$169K*—$1,190$86,705
Monticello$285K+5.1%$1,140$99,256
Goose Creek$95K*—$1,050$59,417
Mahomet$352K+3.9%$1,340$115,615

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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