A typical Tamalco home is worth roughly $114,000
What kind of housing town is Tamalco?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.3 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Tamalco home, with $56K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $210 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Tamalco’s typical property tax (1.80% 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 $980
Renters already here pay a median of $639, 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.
73% of Tamalco households own their home
Half of Tamalco’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.
Tamalco vs. its neighbors
Tamalco is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamalco | $114K* | — | $980 | $48,500 |
| Mills | — | +6.3%† | $1,040 | — |
| Irishtown | $107K* | +4.9%† | $1,140 | $51,833 |
| Pleasant Mound | $163K* | — | $980 | $46,806 |
| Wheatfield | — | +4.9%† | $1,160 | $112,813 |
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.