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Housing in Tiskilwa

A typical Tiskilwa home is worth about $145,000

About the same as a year ago, 51% below the Illinois typical home.

Typical home value
$145K
▲ 0% in a year · IL $298K
Zillow
Median sale price
$50K
April 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in April · 1 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,850
IL $5,298

Only 1 sale in April 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Tiskilwa?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$221,000
Typical Tiskilwa home $145K

That covers a typical Tiskilwa home, with $76K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,020
Loan $720Tax $260Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $40 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Tiskilwa’s typical property tax (2.18% 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

1 of Tiskilwa’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Tiskilwa’s homes were built before 1938.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 72%Rent 28%

Illinois: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,850
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.18%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Tiskilwa

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Price trend

Up 25.1% in five years

Slower than Illinois (29.1%).

TiskilwaIllinois
$50K$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryTiskilwaIllinois
2017$84,000$181,000
2018$89,000$190,000
2019$91,000$195,000
2020$102,000$200,000
2021$112,000$215,000
2022$116,000$236,000
2023$122,000$248,000
2024$130,000$263,000
2025$142,000$278,000
2026$143,000$290,000
August 2026$145,000$298,000
Then & now

A typical Tiskilwa home worth $86K in September 2016 is worth about $145K today.

+$59K
+0%
past year
+25.1%
past 5 years
+68.8%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $754, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,360
28%
of households rent · IL 33%
65
renter households
$754
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Tiskilwa in 2025. The last year with any was 2019 (1 new home).

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
1
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−89
New homes+1

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Tiskilwa's population fell by 89 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019110$60,000
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009110$90,000
2008110$75,000
2007110$150,000
2006110$150,000
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, April 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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