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Home values, rents and more in the Mount Vernon metro area

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

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Typical home value
$147,000
Illinois: $296,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+8.4%
Illinois: +5.3% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$992/mo
Illinois: $1,958 · U.S.: $1,932
Population
36,147
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$63,118
Illinois: $83,390 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Mount Vernon metro, shaded by typical home valueJefferson
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Counties around the Mount Vernon metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Mount Vernon metro compares

The typical home in the Mount Vernon metro area is worth about $147,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Mount Vernon metro are 50% below the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and 60% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Mount Vernon metro rose 8.4%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $992 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 49% below Illinois ($1,958) and 49% below the U.S. ($1,932).

The median household income is $63,118, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 36,147 people live in the Mount Vernon metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Mount Vernon metro has the 78th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 11th-lowest of 28 in Illinois with Zillow figures.

Part of: 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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