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Housing in McHenry

A typical McHenry home is worth roughly $96,000

Typical home value
$96K
KY $233K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$870
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$388
KY $1,544

What kind of housing town is McHenry?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in McHenry

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You could afford about
$254,000
Typical McHenry home $96K

That covers a typical McHenry home, with $158K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$560
Loan $480Tax $60Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $870 a month here, $310 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Kentucky typical property tax (0.75% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $870

Renters already here pay a median of $665, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$620
1 bedroom$660
2 bedrooms$870
3 bedrooms$1,060
4 bedrooms$1,230
28%
of households rent · KY 32%
40
renter households
$665
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

72% of McHenry households own their home

Half of McHenry’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters
Own 72%Rent 28%

Kentucky: 68% own.

1988
typical home built · KY 1982
$388
median property tax bill · KY $1,544

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

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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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