A typical Sauget home is worth roughly $51,000
Home prices around Sauget have risen about 20% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Sauget?
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What it takes to buy in Sauget
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That covers a typical Sauget home, with $228K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150 a month here, $790 more than owning.
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.
Home prices up 20% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Sauget rose 20% over the past 5 years, slower than across Illinois (47%). Last year prices fell 5%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Sauget, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150
Renters already here pay a median of $733, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (St. Louis, MO-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.
44% of Sauget households own their home
Half of Sauget’s homes were built before 1955.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Sauget in 2025 or in any year since 2013.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Sauget vs. its neighbors
Sauget is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauget | $51K* | −5%† | $1,150 | 0 | $62,171 |
| Cahokia Heights | $50K | −6% | — | 0 | $33,792 |
| Centreville | $59K* | −0.5%† | $1,130 | — | $34,675 |
| East St. Louis | $53K* | — | $1,060 | 59 | $35,700 |
| East St. Louis | $36K | −1.6% | $1,060 | — | $35,700 |
| St. Louis | $187K | −0.1% | $1,210 | 272 | $56,160 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Sauget buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.