Sargent, IL housing market
Home prices around Sargent have risen about 29% over the past 5 years.
Home values, sales, trends and how Sargent compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Home prices up 29% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Sargent rose 29% over the past 5 years, slower than across Illinois (47%). Last year prices fell 15%.
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| Year | Change that year | Since 2019 | Illinois since 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | −15% | +39% | +48% |
| 2024 | +38% | +64% | +40% |
| 2023 | −7.6% | +19% | +31% |
| 2022 | +13% | +29% | +22% |
| 2021 | +5.9% | +14% | +9% |
| 2020 | +7.7% | +7.7% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | — | — | — |
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual, developmental) for ZIP codes 61943, 61942, 61930, 61917, 61919, covering 53% of Sargent’s land, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales and appraisals of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
Sargent and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sargent | — | −15%† | $930 | — | $180,074 |
| East Oakland | — | −15%† | $920 | — | $52,188 |
| Newman | $105K | +6.8% | $930 | 0 | $76,175 |
| Morgan | — | −2.5%† | $990 | — | $90,385 |
† FHFA price index change, where Zillow has no home value for the town.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Sargent is $930 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs.
Studio $700 · 4 bedrooms $1,300
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (61917, 61919, 61930, 61942, 61943; Coles County, IL), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
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.