A typical Stookey home is worth roughly $212,000
Home prices around Stookey have risen about 52% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2014.
What kind of housing town is Stookey?
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A typical home costs 2.6 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Stookey home, with $58K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,220 a month here, $280 less than owning.
How Stookey ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Stookey’s typical property tax (2.23% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 52% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Stookey rose 52% over the past 5 years, faster than across Illinois (47%). Last year prices rose 4.4%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Stookey home at roughly $212,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $212K.
How Stookey ranks on rising home prices →
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Stookey, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,220
Renters already here pay a median of $985, 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 (St. Louis, MO-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.
2 new homes permitted in 2014
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Stookey in 2014, all single-family houses. That's 0.2 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Illinois (1.7). Over the past 10 years, Stookey has permitted 7 homes in all.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $140,000 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $253,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $143,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $35,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $110,000 |
| 2002 | 75 | 75 | 0 | $5 million |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $176,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
82% of Stookey households own their home
Half of Stookey’s homes were built before 1969.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Stookey vs. its neighbors
Stookey is the 3rd priciest of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stookey | $212K* | +4.4%† | $1,220 | — | $81,894 |
| Belleville | $160K | +1.4% | $1,130 | 3 | $63,535 |
| Centreville | $59K* | −0.5%† | $1,130 | — | $34,675 |
| Cahokia Heights | $50K | −6% | — | 0 | $33,792 |
| St. Clair | $202K* | +9.4%† | $1,130 | — | $80,309 |
| Millstadt | $302K | +4.8% | $1,230 | — | $91,144 |
| Sugar Loaf | $120K* | +8.5%† | $1,180 | — | $72,985 |
| Millstadt | $231K* | +5.4%† | $1,300 | 7 | $90,901 |
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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.