Homes in White
Home prices around White have risen about 45% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 4 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is White?
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Home prices up 45% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around White rose 45% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Illinois. Last year prices rose 12%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around White, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $920
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Macoupin County, 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.
4 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 4 new homes in White in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.5 million to build. Over the past 10 years, White has permitted 14 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, White's population fell by 20 even though 9 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $90,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $25,000 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $340,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $517,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $738,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $314,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $320,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $155,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $70,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $65,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $120,000 |
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. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.