Home values, rents and more in the Bloomington metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Bloomington metro compares
The typical home in the Bloomington metro area is worth about $261,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Bloomington metro are 12% below the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and 29% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Bloomington metro rose 1.9%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,292 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 34% below Illinois ($1,958) and 33% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $79,905, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 171,419 people live in the Bloomington metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Bloomington metro has the 445th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 2nd-highest of 28 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Illinois
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Bloomington metro
Cities in the Bloomington metro
- Bloomington, IL $269,000
- Normal, IL $270,000
- Le Roy, IL $208,000
- Heyworth, IL $267,000
- Lexington, IL $240,000
- Hudson, IL $312,000
- Chenoa, IL $175,000
- Downs, IL $329,000
- Gridley, IL $213,000
- Danvers, IL $243,000
- Colfax, IL $177,000
- Saybrook, IL $165,000
- McLean, IL $195,000
- Stanford, IL $191,000
- Carlock, IL $284,000
- Towanda, IL $266,000
- Bellflower, IL $151,000
- Arrowsmith, IL $205,000
- Cooksville, IL $217,000
- Ellsworth, IL $255,000
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.