A typical Sigel home is worth roughly $167,000
What kind of housing town is Sigel?
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A typical home costs 1.6 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Sigel home, with $185K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $210 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sigel’s typical property tax (1.91% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
92% of Sigel households own their home
Half of Sigel’s homes were built before 1978.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930
Renters already here pay a median of $671, 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 (Cumberland County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Sigel vs. its neighbors
Sigel is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigel | $167K* | — | $930 | $103,125 |
| Prairie | $144K* | — | $1,050 | $68,333 |
| Douglas | $185K* | +6.3%† | $920 | $74,666 |
| Big Spring | $213K* | — | $990 | $86,367 |
| Spring Point | $207K* | — | $940 | $90,430 |
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.