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Housing in Whitley

A typical Whitley home is worth roughly $152,000

Typical home value
$152K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$940
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,255
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Whitley?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$291,000
Typical Whitley home $152K

That covers a typical Whitley home, with $139K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$900
Loan $750Tax $100Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $940 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, Whitley’s typical property tax (0.82% 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 Whitley households own their home

Half of Whitley’s homes were built before 1959.

Owners and renters
Own 91%Rent 9%

Illinois: 67% own.

1959
typical home built · IL 1971
$1,255
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
0.82%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

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 $940

Renters already here pay a median of $929.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$940
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,460
9%
of households rent · IL 33%
24
renter households
$929
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Coles 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

Whitley vs. its neighbors

Whitley is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Whitley$152K*—$940$73,750
Windsor$156K+5%$920$69,722
Ash Grove$161K*—$940$101,167
East Nelson$161K*+15.4%†$980$104,375
Mattoon$131K+4.6%$920$53,811

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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