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Home values, rents and more in Oblong, IL

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

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Typical home value
$127,000
Illinois: $296,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+4.0%
Illinois: +5.3% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,634
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$57,917
Illinois: $83,390 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Oblong, IL, shaded by typical home valueOblong62449
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ZIP codes around Oblong, IL, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Oblong is outlined.

How Oblong compares

The typical home in Oblong, IL is worth about $127,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Oblong are 57% below the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and 65% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Oblong rose 4.0%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $57,917, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,634 people live in Oblong (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Oblong has the 179th-lowest typical home value of the 1,005 cities in Illinois with Zillow figures.

Part of: Crawford County, IL · 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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