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Housing in Steuben

A typical Steuben home is worth roughly $155,000

Typical home value
$155K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,312
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Steuben?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$219,000
Typical Steuben home $155K

That covers a typical Steuben home, with $64K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,090
Loan $770Tax $280Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $170 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, Steuben’s typical property tax (2.14% 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

88% of Steuben households own their home

Half of Steuben’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

Illinois: 67% own.

1974
typical home built · IL 1971
$3,312
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.14%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Renters already here pay a median of $679, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$720
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,290
12%
of households rent · IL 33%
32
renter households
16%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$679
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Peoria, IL MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Steuben vs. its neighbors

Steuben is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Steuben$155K*—$920$66,477
Lacon$143K+9.4%$970$69,340
Whitefield—+19%†$920$79,375
Chillicothe$189K+5.8%$1,030$69,036
Henry$126K+9.7%$920$64,948

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.

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