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Housing in Wysox

A typical Wysox home is worth roughly $101,000

Typical home value
$101K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,252
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Wysox?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$220,000
Typical Wysox home $101K

That covers a typical Wysox home, with $119K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$720
Loan $500Tax $190Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $250 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, Wysox’s typical property tax (2.23% 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

83% of Wysox households own their home

Half of Wysox’s homes were built before 1945.

Owners and renters
Own 83%Rent 17%

Illinois: 67% own.

1945
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,252
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
2.23%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $550, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,530
17%
of households rent · IL 33%
104
renter households
10%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$550
median rent paid today · Census

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

Wysox vs. its neighbors

Wysox is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wysox$101K*—$970$66,641
Fairhaven$103K*—$1,100$72,981
Rock Creek-Lima$103K*—$930$68,056
Genesee$123K*+4.3%†$970$82,500

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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