Home values, rents and more in Charleston, IL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Charleston compares
The typical home in Charleston, IL is worth about $166,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Charleston are 10% above the typical value in the Charleston metro area ($151,000) and 55% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Charleston rose 5.1%, compared with +6.2% in the Charleston metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $762 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Charleston metro area ($771) and 61% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $49,300, against $56,478 in the Charleston metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 17,062 people live in Charleston (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Charleston has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 6 cities in the Charleston metro area and the 388th-lowest of 1,005 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Coles County, IL · Charleston metro area · Illinois
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.