A typical Spring Garden home is worth roughly $105,000
What kind of housing town is Spring Garden?
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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 Spring Garden home, with $137K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $280 more than owning.
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An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Spring Garden’s typical property tax (1.34% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $950
Renters already here pay a median of $786, 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 (Jefferson County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
78% of Spring Garden households own their home
Half of Spring Garden’s homes were built before 1979.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Spring Garden vs. its neighbors
Spring Garden is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Garden | $105K* | — | $950 | $65,750 |
| Ewing | $161K | +13.6% | $1,020 | $74,073 |
| Dodds | $111K* | +3.3%† | $1,030 | $62,025 |
| Elk Prairie | $89K* | — | $950 | $51,914 |
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.