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Housing in Walker

A typical Walker home is worth roughly $134,000

Typical home value
$134K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,000
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,839
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Walker?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Walker

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Walker home $134K

That covers a typical Walker home, with $146K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$930
Loan $660Tax $220Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $70 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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.

The homes

91% of Walker households own their home

Half of Walker’s homes were built before 1963.

Owners and renters
Own 91%Rent 9%

Illinois: 67% own.

1963
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,839
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,000
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,360
9%
of households rent · IL 33%

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

Next door

Walker vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Walker. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Walker$134K*—$1,000$73,750
Lima$196K*—$1,060$47,000

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.

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