Home values, rents and more in the Champaign metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Champaign metro compares
The typical home in the Champaign metro area is worth about $239,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Champaign metro are 19% below the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and 35% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Champaign metro rose 4.9%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,384 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 29% below Illinois ($1,958) and 28% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $65,528, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 239,979 people live in the Champaign metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Champaign metro has the 401st-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 3rd-highest of 28 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Illinois
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Champaign metro
Cities in the Champaign metro
- Champaign, IL $236,000
- Urbana, IL $205,000
- Rantoul, IL $141,000
- Mahomet, IL $352,000
- Savoy, IL $354,000
- Monticello, IL $290,000
- Paxton, IL $154,000
- Saint Joseph, IL $294,000
- Tolono, IL $255,000
- Gibson City, IL $177,000
- Bement, IL $209,000
- Fisher, IL $237,000
- Philo, IL $270,000
- Cerro Gordo, IL $161,000
- Homer, IL $188,000
- Sidney, IL $238,000
- Thomasboro, IL $153,000
- Mansfield, IL $243,000
- Gifford, IL $226,000
- Ogden, IL $229,000
- Piper City, IL $110,000
- Hammond, IL $167,000
- Pesotum, IL $215,000
- Roberts, IL $130,000
- De Land, IL $177,000
- Melvin, IL $125,000
- Sadorus, IL $203,000
- Sibley, IL $160,000
- Broadlands, IL $180,000
- Seymour, IL $309,000
- Kempton, IL $180,000
- Cisco, IL $225,000
- White Heath, IL $379,000
- Dewey, IL $366,000
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.