Housing in Sharon

A typical Sharon home is worth roughly $222,000

Typical home value

$222K

IL $298K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,705

IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Sharon?

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

Your money goes further25% below the Illinois typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$399,000

Typical Sharon home $222K

That covers a typical Sharon home, with $177K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,390

Loan $1,100Tax $230Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $420 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Vandalia$99K Shafter$291K Ramsey$159K Vandalia$133K

How Sharon ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sharon’s typical property tax (1.22% 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

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760

1 bedroom$790

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,250

4 bedrooms$1,360

17%

of households rent · IL 33%

112

renter households

80%

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 (Fayette County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

83% of Sharon households own their home

Half of Sharon’s homes were built before 1980.

Owners and renters

Own 83%Rent 17%

Illinois: 67% own.

1980

typical home built · IL 1971

$2,705

median property tax bill · IL $5,298

1.22%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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

Next door

Sharon vs. its neighbors

Sharon is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Shafter$291K Sharon$222K Ramsey$159K Vandalia$133K Vandalia$99K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Sharon	$222K*	—	$970	—	$106,727
Vandalia	$99K*	−3.5%†	$920	0	$45,469
Shafter	$291K*	−3.5%†	$940	—	$93,125
Ramsey	$159K	+9.1%	$980	—	$55,357
Vandalia	$133K	−4.2%	$920	—	$50,709

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.