Home values, rents and more in Walnut, IL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Walnut compares
The typical home in Walnut, IL is worth about $153,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Walnut are 18% below the typical value in the Ottawa metro area ($186,000) and 58% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Walnut rose 12.6%, compared with +5.5% in the Ottawa metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $61,750, against $72,230 in the Ottawa metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 1,282 people live in Walnut (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Walnut has the 8th-lowest typical home value of the 31 cities in the Ottawa metro area and the 312th-lowest of 1,005 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Bureau County, IL · Ottawa metro area · Illinois
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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.