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Housing in Illinois

Homes in Illinois

Zillow and Redfin don’t publish market figures for Illinois, so this page shows what the Census and federal housing data say about its homes.

2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,455
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Illinois?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

99% of Illinois households own their home

Half of Illinois’s homes were built before 1949.

Owners and renters
Own 99%Rent 1%

Kansas: 67% own.

1949
typical home built · KS 1976
$1,455
median property tax bill · KS $2,798

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 $960

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,610
1%
of households rent · KS 33%

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

Next door

Illinois vs. its neighbors

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

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TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Illinois——$960$88,125
Mitchell$488K*—$950—
Home$67K*—$960$49,375

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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