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Home values, rents and more in Erie, IL

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$177,000
Metro: $147,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+4.1%
Metro: +3.4% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,614
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$82,760
Metro: $67,500 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Erie, IL, shaded by typical home valueErie61250
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ZIP codes around Erie, IL, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Erie is outlined.

How Erie compares

The typical home in Erie, IL is worth about $177,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Erie are 20% above the typical value in the Sterling metro area ($147,000) and 52% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Erie rose 4.1%, compared with +3.4% in the Sterling metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $82,760, against $67,500 in the Sterling metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,614 people live in Erie (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Erie has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 10 cities in the Sterling metro area and the 445th-lowest of 1,005 in Illinois with Zillow figures.

Part of: Whiteside County, IL · Sterling 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.

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