A typical Vance home is worth roughly $147,000
What kind of housing town is Vance?
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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 Vance home, with $80K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $40 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Vance’s typical property tax (1.49% 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 $990
Renters already here pay a median of $783, 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 (Vermilion County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
83% of Vance households own their home
Half of Vance’s homes were built before 1963.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Vance vs. its neighbors
Vance is the 2nd least expensive of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vance | $147K* | — | $990 | — | $62,500 |
| Catlin | $175K | +11.6% | $1,000 | — | $77,194 |
| Oakwood | $171K | +7.9% | $1,140 | — | $57,188 |
| South Homer | $152K* | — | $1,040 | — | $84,063 |
| Sidell | $113K | +5.6% | $1,020 | 0 | $65,625 |
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.