A typical Varna home is worth about $206,000
Up 7.5% in a year, 31% below the Illinois typical home.
What kind of housing town is Varna?
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Up 43.7% in five years
Faster than Illinois (29.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Varna | Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $120,000 | $181,000 |
| 2018 | $120,000 | $190,000 |
| 2019 | $120,000 | $195,000 |
| 2020 | $120,000 | $200,000 |
| 2021 | $129,000 | $215,000 |
| 2022 | $152,000 | $236,000 |
| 2023 | $172,000 | $248,000 |
| 2024 | $178,000 | $263,000 |
| 2025 | $186,000 | $278,000 |
| 2026 | $199,000 | $290,000 |
| August 2026 | $206,000 | $298,000 |
A typical Varna home worth $120K in September 2016 is worth about $206K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
What it takes to buy in Varna
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That covers a typical Varna home, with $74K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $510 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Illinois typical property tax (2.01% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
84% of Varna households own their home
Half of Varna’s homes were built before 1943.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $920
Renters already here pay a median of $833, 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 (Peoria, IL MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
On the market in Varna
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Varna buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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.