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Home values, rents and more in Scales Mound, IL

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

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Typical home value
$216,000
Illinois: $296,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+5.8%
Illinois: +5.3% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
463
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$69,141
Illinois: $83,390 · U.S.: $80,734
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ZIP codes around Scales Mound, IL, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Scales Mound is outlined.

How Scales Mound compares

The typical home in Scales Mound, IL is worth about $216,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Scales Mound are 27% below the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and 41% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Scales Mound rose 5.8%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $69,141, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 463 people live in Scales Mound (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Scales Mound has the 422nd-highest typical home value of the 1,005 cities in Illinois with Zillow figures.

Part of: Jo Daviess 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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