Typical Cost of a House in Illinois
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The median home value in Illinois is $263,300, measured over 2020–2024. That is 20.9% below the U.S. median of $332,700. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that figure and half below.
Median home value
$263,300
2020–2024, give or take $797
Against the U.S. median
−20.9%
BelowU.S. $332,700
Rank among states
32nd highest
of 51, counting the District of Columbia
Monthly housing costs in Illinois
What households actually pay each month, for those who own with a mortgage and those who rent.
Owning with a mortgage
$1,987a month
+1.2%U.S. $1,963
Median of mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees together.
Renting
$1,274a month
−9.8%U.S. $1,413
Median gross rent: the rent itself plus utilities the renter pays.
Where Illinois sits among the states
Each tick is one state's median home value. The highlighted band holds the middle half of them, and the dark line is the median.
Home values by county in Illinois
102 counties, each compared with the Illinois median.
- Adams County−38.2%$162,600
- Alexander County−77.3%$59,800
- Bond County−44.7%$145,700
- Boone County−17.6%$216,900
- Brown County−42.9%$150,300
- Bureau County−51.8%$126,900
- Calhoun County−27.5%$190,900
- Carroll County−56.5%$114,500
- Cass County−63.1%$97,100
- Champaign County−19.7%$211,500
- Christian County−56.1%$115,500
- Clark County−49.7%$132,400
- Clay County−63.0%$97,400
- Clinton County−26.9%$192,400
- Coles County−51.6%$127,400
- Cook County+23.2%$324,500
- Crawford County−54.0%$121,100
- Cumberland County−52.1%$126,000
- De Witt County−50.5%$130,300
- DeKalb County−7.5%$243,600
- Douglas County−42.9%$150,400
- DuPage County+48.7%$391,400
- Edgar County−63.0%$97,300
- Edwards County−62.0%$100,000
- Effingham County−28.0%$189,500
- Fayette County−50.4%$130,700
- Ford County−53.7%$122,000
- Franklin County−66.2%$89,000
- Fulton County−59.3%$107,200
- Gallatin County−68.5%$82,900
- Greene County−63.8%$95,200
- Grundy County+3.2%$271,700
- Hamilton County−56.8%$113,700
- Hancock County−56.8%$113,800
- Hardin County−60.6%$103,800
- Henderson County−60.3%$104,400
- Henry County−42.4%$151,600
- Iroquois County−47.7%$137,800
- Jackson County−47.9%$137,300
- Jasper County−52.3%$125,500
- Jefferson County−52.1%$126,000
- Jersey County−34.7%$171,900
- Jo Daviess County−20.3%$209,900
- Johnson County−39.0%$160,500
- Kane County+24.2%$327,000
- Kankakee County−26.9%$192,600
- Kendall County+22.4%$322,400
- Knox County−57.5%$111,900
- Lake County+31.3%$345,700
- LaSalle County−38.5%$161,900
- Lawrence County−62.4%$99,100
- Lee County−41.3%$154,600
- Livingston County−46.0%$142,200
- Logan County−49.0%$134,400
- Macon County−51.7%$127,300
- Macoupin County−47.5%$138,200
- Madison County−34.3%$173,000
- Marion County−60.9%$103,000
- Marshall County−45.8%$142,800
- Mason County−60.7%$103,400
- Massac County−53.7%$121,900
- McDonough County−59.2%$107,500
- McHenry County+17.0%$308,100
- McLean County−20.9%$208,400
- Menard County−29.5%$185,500
- Mercer County−44.3%$146,700
- Monroe County+7.1%$282,100
- Montgomery County−57.3%$112,300
- Morgan County−50.3%$130,800
- Moultrie County−49.1%$134,000
- Ogle County−28.1%$189,200
- Peoria County−39.8%$158,500
- Perry County−57.2%$112,600
- Piatt County−31.4%$180,600
- Pike County−61.5%$101,400
- Pope County−45.4%$143,800
- Pulaski County−67.7%$85,100
- Putnam County−34.4%$172,700
- Randolph County−48.7%$135,100
- Richland County−57.5%$112,000
- Rock Island County−42.9%$150,400
- Saline County−64.2%$94,300
- Sangamon County−33.0%$176,300
- Schuyler County−58.3%$109,700
- Scott County−63.4%$96,400
- Shelby County−47.9%$137,100
- St. Clair County−31.5%$180,300
- Stark County−60.3%$104,500
- Stephenson County−48.8%$134,900
- Tazewell County−36.4%$167,500
- Union County−50.0%$131,700
- Vermilion County−63.1%$97,200
- Wabash County−60.2%$104,900
- Warren County−60.1%$105,000
- Washington County−40.9%$155,700
- Wayne County−58.0%$110,700
- White County−58.9%$108,100
- Whiteside County−51.7%$127,100
- Will County+21.4%$319,600
- Williamson County−40.6%$156,400
- Winnebago County−37.5%$164,500
- Woodford County−25.0%$197,600
What this figure is
It is not a sale price. The Census Bureau asks homeowners what they think their home would sell for, and this is the middle answer for owner-occupied homes in Illinois. It covers every kind of home people own and live in, from condos to large houses, so the price of a particular house on the market can be far from it.
The figure describes the whole of 2020–2024, not a single year, and it is not adjusted for price changes since then. A survey always carries some uncertainty: the true value is very likely within $797 of the one shown.
Common questions
How much does a house cost in Illinois?
- The median home value in Illinois is $263,300, from Census Bureau survey data for 2020–2024. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that and half below.
What is the average home price in Illinois?
- The Census Bureau publishes a median rather than an average: $263,300 for 2020–2024. It is what owners estimate their homes would sell for, not a record of recent sale prices.
How much is a monthly mortgage payment in Illinois?
- Homeowners with a mortgage in Illinois pay a median of $1,987 a month. That covers the mortgage payment together with property taxes, insurance and utilities.
What is the average rent in Illinois?
- Median gross rent in Illinois is $1,274 a month for 2020–2024. Gross rent is the rent itself plus the utilities the renter pays.
Are homes in Illinois expensive compared with other places?
- Illinois has the 32nd highest median home value of 51 states, 20.9% below the U.S. median of $332,700.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024, tables B25077, B25064 and B25088. Retrieved on October 6, 2026.
About the American Community SurveySource: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024.
Home values in other states
The percentage compares each state with the U.S. median.
- Alabama−36.9%$209,900
- Alaska+6.1%$352,900
- Arizona+18.6%$394,500
- Arkansas−43.5%$188,000
- California+120.8%$734,700
- Colorado+62.1%$539,400
- Connecticut+10.3%$366,900
- Delaware+5.8%$352,000
- District of Columbia+121.6%$737,100
- Florida+7.9%$359,000
- Georgia−8.8%$303,300
- Hawaii+152.2%$839,100
- Idaho+25.8%$418,600
- Indiana−34.4%$218,200
- Iowa−37.5%$208,000
- Kansas−34.7%$217,200
- Kentucky−38.2%$205,600
- Louisiana−34.9%$216,500
- Maine−10.9%$296,600
- Maryland+26.2%$419,900
- Massachusetts+69.0%$562,100
- Michigan−30.4%$231,600
- Minnesota−1.0%$329,300
- Mississippi−49.0%$169,800
- Missouri−30.8%$230,300
- Montana+13.0%$375,800
- Nebraska−28.3%$238,600
- Nevada+30.9%$435,400
- New Hampshire+21.0%$402,500
- New Jersey+36.6%$454,400
- New Mexico−25.4%$248,100
- New York+27.4%$423,800
- North Carolina−13.2%$288,900
- North Dakota−24.9%$249,900
- Ohio−35.4%$214,800
- Oklahoma−39.9%$199,800
- Oregon+43.6%$477,600
- Pennsylvania−23.5%$254,500
- Rhode Island+21.5%$404,200
- South Carolina−22.2%$259,000
- South Dakota−22.6%$257,400
- Tennessee−13.8%$286,700
- Texas−14.7%$283,800
- Utah+47.1%$489,400
- Vermont−4.8%$316,600
- Virginia+15.3%$383,700
- Washington+69.7%$564,600
- West Virginia−51.1%$162,600
- Wisconsin−19.9%$266,500
- Wyoming−6.9%$309,700