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Home values, rents and more in Watseka, IL

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

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Typical home value
$102,000
Illinois: $296,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
−6.8%
Illinois: +5.3% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
4,780
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$43,608
Illinois: $83,390 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Watseka, IL, shaded by typical home valueWatseka60970
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ZIP codes around Watseka, IL, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Watseka is outlined.

How Watseka compares

The typical home in Watseka, IL is worth about $102,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Watseka are 66% below the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and 72% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Watseka fell 6.8%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $43,608, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 4,780 people live in Watseka (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Watseka has the 66th-lowest typical home value of the 1,005 cities in Illinois with Zillow figures.

Part of: Iroquois 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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