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Housing in Seminary

A typical Seminary home is worth roughly $194,000

Typical home value
$194K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,983
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Seminary?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$153,000
Typical Seminary home $194K

That’s $41K short of a typical Seminary home.

The typical home, each month
$1,180
Loan $960Tax $170Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $190 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, Seminary’s typical property tax (1.02% 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

94% of Seminary households own their home

Half of Seminary’s homes were built before 1995.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 6%

Illinois: 67% own.

1995
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,983
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.02%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,270
4 bedrooms$1,400
6%
of households rent · IL 33%

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Bond County, 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

Seminary vs. its neighbors

Seminary is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Seminary$194K*—$990$39,617
Bear Grove$133K*−3.5%†$970—
Pleasant Mound$163K*—$980$46,806

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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What Seminary buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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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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